Pae Tal-jun (born 1936) is a high-ranking North Korean politician and bureaucrat. He formerly served as Minister of State Construction Control () and as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Union of Architects (). He was appointed to the Ministerial post in 1998 by the

10th Supreme People's Assembly The 10th Supreme People's Assembly ( Chosongul: 최고인민회의 제10기) of North Korea was in session from 1998 until 2003. It consisted of 687 deputies, and held six sessions. The Supreme People's Assembly is the unicameral legislature of ...

, at which he was also a delegate. Pae also served as a delegate to the Assembly's 11th session in 2003. In 2004, he was awarded the

Order of Kim Il Sung The Order of Kim Il Sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong Il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il Sung, was instituted in ...

. Pae is a graduate of Bratislava University of Czechoslovakia. He began his career as a city planner in

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

in 1966, becoming a vice chairman of the State Construction Committee () in 1983.

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*Yonhap News Agency. "Who's who in North Korea," pp. 787–812 in 1936 births Living people Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Architecture in North Korea Place of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of North Korea Recipients of the Order of Kim Il Sung {{NorthKorea-politician-stub

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