Chu Yong-ha

Chu Yong-ha
Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee
1st Central Committee
In office
30 August 1946  9 September 1948
Serving with Kim Il Sung
ChairmanKim Tu-bong
Minister of Transportation
In office
9 September 1948  October 1948
PremierKim Il Sung
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byPak Ui-wan
Personal details
Born1908 (1908)
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Hangul
주영하
Hanja
朱寧河
RRJu Yeongha
MRChu Yŏngha

Chu Yong-ha (Korean: 주영하; Korean pronunciation: [tsu.jʌŋ.ɦa]; 1908 – ?) was a North Korean politician and diplomat. Chu was elected into several posts in the Workers' Party of North Korea, the predecessor of the Workers' Party of Korea, in its early days. Chu was the target of plots ensuing from factional strife within the party. As a member of the Domestic faction, Chu was opposed by the Guerrilla, Soviet and Yan'an factions.

During the Korean War, Chu was North Korea's ambassador to Moscow. After the war, a fictitious plot against Kim Il Sung was "uncovered" in a show trial. Among the claims against the defendants was overthrowing Kim Il Sung and making Pak Hon-yong the new premier, and Chu one of his vice-premiers.