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Choe Son Hui: Foreign minister, North Korea

Choe Son Hui is the foreign minister of North Korea, listed by the United Nations as “Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”.

Posts held

• Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (foreign minister), North Korea. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.

Where Choe Son Hui sits in the ladder of power

As foreign minister, Choe Son Hui works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of North Korea (regions, cities).

Above that, North Korea is a member of:

• United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
• International Monetary Fund level 9
• World Bank Group level 9

Who else holds power in North Korea

• Kim Jong Un General Secretary, Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea
• Pak Thae Song Premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea

Where these facts come from

Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.

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