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...
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The General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (Korean: 조선로동당 총비서) is the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party in North...
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The Workers' Party of South Korea (Korean: 남조선로동당) was a communist party in South Korea from 1946 to 1949. It is also sometimes colloquially referred...
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The Workers' Party of North Korea (Korean: 북조선로동당; Hancha: 北朝鮮勞動黨) was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the...
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Assembly. The position is held by the general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), who leads the ruling political party of North Korea and serves...
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Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea: Kim Jong Un In June 2010, Kim Jong Il appointed his brother-in-law, Chang Sung-taek, as vice-chairman of the National...
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30 June 2016, and in subsequent revisions. It reads (in the original version): Under the leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Democratic People’s...
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The Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (CMC) (Korean: 조선로동당 중앙군사위원회) is an organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party...
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the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea. The position was first known as the Chief Commander of the Korean People's...
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also the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defence Commission (until 1993) and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's...
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Choe Ryong-hae (category Vice Chairmen of the Workers' Party of Korea and its predecessors)
Kim Jong Un. He is also a member of the Presidium of the Politburo and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He also served as Supreme Leader...
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between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is the oldest active party in Korea. It also controls the Korean People's...
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"Workers' Party of Korea". Korean: 윤정호; Hancha: 尹正浩. He is also vice chairman of the Central Guidance Committee of the Chondoist Association of Korea (as...
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of North Korea. The incumbent premier is Kim Tok Hun, who is also a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. Originally...
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Kim Yong-chol (category Vice Chairmen of the Workers' Party of Korea and its predecessors)
Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea. He also served as the vice chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea for South Korean affairs from 2016 to...
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Supreme People's Assembly (redirect from Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
the policies legislated by the SPA subject to oversight and correction by the Workers' Party of Korea. [citation needed] The Workers' Party of Korea,...
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Hwang Pyong-so (category Alternate members of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea)
of the Workers' Party of Korea and the top-ranking vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission. Hwang has probably spent most of his career in the Organization...
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The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea, was held on 6–9 May 2016. The 7th Congress was the first Congress...
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The Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP) is a political party in North Korea that is allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). It was formed...
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legislature of North Korea. The Supreme People's Assembly elects a chairman to preside its sessions. Vice chairmen are elected alongside the chairman. From 1972...
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Ri Pyong-chol (category Vice Chairmen of the Workers' Party of Korea and its predecessors)
Pyong-chol (Korean: 리병철, born 1948) is a North Korean marshal and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, who serves as Vice Chairman of the Central...
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Kim Tok-hun (category Vice Chairmen of the Workers' Party of Korea and its predecessors)
Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is additionally a vice president of the State Affairs Commission. Kim served as a vice premier between 2014 and 2020...
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Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union These numbers are not official. The Central Committee...
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Pak Jong-chon (category Members of the 8th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea)
Jong-chon (Korean: 박정천) is a North Korean Marshal who is a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). In 2014...
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North Korea that turns "workers into masters of everything" and "everything in society serve the workers," and tasks the state to respect and defend the people's...
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The Rules of the Workers' Party of Korea (Korean: 조선로동당규약; MR: Chosŏn rodongdang kyuyak) are the by-laws of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). It sets...
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Yang Hyong-sop (category Members of the 6th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea)
and then secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Director of the Central Party School, Minister of Higher Education, and President...
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Officially, the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) – the ruling party of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) – is a communist party guided by...
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Ri Yong-gil (category Members of the 8th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea)
North Korean military officer who is currently a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Chief of the General...
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Assembly, North Korea's highest organ of state power. The chairman is formally elected by the SPA. The chairman organizes and guides the work of the Standing...
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