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Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
조선로동당 총비서
Emblem of the WPK Chairman
Emblem of the Workers' Party of Korea
Workers' Party of Korea
Type	Deputy leader
Residence	Forbidden City
Seat	Pyongyang
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Central Committee
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	WPK Rulebook
Inaugural holder	Pak Hon-yong
Formation	28 August 1946

The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) were offices that existed within the WPK between 1949–66 and 2016–21. The office of "Chairman of the Central Committee" existed between 1949–66 and the office of "Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea" existed in 2016–21. The deputy to the Chairman, the officeholder of Vice Chairman of the Central Committee existed in 1949–66 and 2016–21. This list also includes the chairmen and vice chairmen of the direct predecessors of the WPK.

Title history

Chairmen

Vice chairmen

References

Footnotes

1. Suh 1981, pp. 280, 316, 318, 319 & 338.
2. ^ Suh 1981, pp. 280, 316 & 319.
3. ^ Suh 1981, p. 318.
4. ^ Suh 1981, p. 338.
5. ^ "Official Report of First Plenary Meeting of 7th WPK Central Committee Issued". Korean Central News Agency. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
6. "Second Plenum of Seventh WPK Central Committee". Korean Central News Agency. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
7. "3rd Plenary Meeting of 7th C.C., WPK Held in Presence of Kim Jong Un". Korean Central News Agency. 21 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
8. "Report on 4th Plenary Meeting of 7th Central Committee of WPK". Korean Central News Agency. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
9. "Report on 5th Plenary Meeting of 7th C.C., WPK". Korean Central News Agency. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
10. "6th Plenary Meeting of 7th Central Committee of WPK Held". Korean Central News Agency. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.

Bibliography

• Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.

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Category

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