Ho Hon
Ho Hon | |
|---|---|
허헌 | |
| Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 10 September 1948 – 16 August 1951 | |
| Vice Chairman | Kim Tal-hyon Yi Yong |
| Premier | Kim Il Sung |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Yi Yong |
| Chairman of the Workers' Party of South Korea | |
| 1st term | |
| In office 24 November 1946 – 24 June 1949 | |
| Vice Chairman | 2 served
|
| Preceded by | Pak Hon-yong |
| Succeeded by | Kim Il Sung |
| Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Korea | |
| In office 6 September – 12 December 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 22, 1885 |
| Died | 16 August 1951 (aged 66) |
| Resting place | Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Children | Ho Jong-suk |
| Education | Hansung Middle School |
| Alma mater | Bosung College Meiji University |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 허헌 |
| Hanja | 許憲 |
| RR | Heo Heon |
| MR | Hŏ Hŏn |
Ho Hon (Korean: 허헌; 22 July 1885 – 16 August 1951) was a Korean independence activist and politician of the Japanese colonial period and early years of North Korea. As a lawyer, he defended independence activists along with Lee In and Kim Byong-ro. In September 1948, following the official proclamation on the establishment of North Korea in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, he was elected a delegate to the first convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral parliament of North Korea. He also served as the President of Kim Il Sung University. While working as a reunification activist, he drowned in the Chongchon River in August 1951. He was also the father of Ho Jong-suk, a female activist and a politician in North Korea.