Choe Hwi

Career Choe received his first significant political post in 1985 as a manager of the Sea of Blood Opera Troupe. In 1987 he became the head of the Pyongyang Art Troupe. In the 1990s he was a vice chairman of (Pan National Alliance for Korea's Unification).

In January 1996, Choe became a secretary on the central committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League and was tasked with extracurricular education. He returned to his old post as the head of the Pyongyang Art Troupe in 2000. In 2004, he became a deputy director of a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He was involved in setting up the Unhasu Orchestra and the Moranbong Band.

Choe was elected to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly in the March 2014 election from Constituency 171 (Subok). He became a member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK at the party's 7th Congress in May 2016. During the second plenary meeting of the central committee, he was elevated to the position of Vice Chairman of the WPK and alternate member in its politburo. Choe's portfolio as the Vice Chairman of the party covers workers' and social organizations affairs. In December 2017, he replaced Choe Ryong-hae as the chairman of the National Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission.

Choe belonged to the delegation that traveled to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics to meet President Moon Jae-in. Choe was the only person from the 23-strong North Korean delegation who was under Security Council sanctions. Choe is also under US sanctions.