<page_title> List of heads of state of North Korea </page_title> <section_title> Heads of State of North Korea (1948–present) </section_title> <table> <cell> Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 1889–1958 <col_header> Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea </col_header> <col_header> Chairman </col_header> </cell> <cell> 9 September 1948 <col_header> Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea </col_header> <col_header> Term </col_header> </cell> <cell> 20 September 1957 <col_header> Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea </col_header> <col_header> Term </col_header> </cell> </table>
Kim Tu-bong was the first head of state of North Korea from 1948 to 1957.