Ho Hon

Ho Hon
허헌
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office
10 September 1948 – 16 August 1951
Vice ChairmanKim Tal-hyon
Yi Yong
PremierKim Il Sung
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYi Yong
Chairman of the
Workers' Party of South Korea
1st term
In office
24 November 1946 – 24 June 1949
Vice Chairman
Preceded byPak Hon-yong
Succeeded byKim Il Sung
Prime Minister of the
People's Republic of Korea
In office
6 September – 12 December 1945
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born(1885-07-22)July 22, 1885
Korean Empire
Died16 August 1951(1951-08-16) (aged 66)
Chongchon River
Resting placePatriotic Martyrs' Cemetery
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
ChildrenHo Jong-suk
EducationHansung Middle School
Alma materBosung College
Meiji University
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
허헌
Hancha
Revised RomanizationHeo Heon
McCune–ReischauerHŏ Hŏn

Ho Hon (Korean: 허헌; 22 July 1885 – 16 August 1951) was a Korean independence activist in Japanese controlled Korea and politician in the early years of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (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 the Democratic People's Republic of 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.