# 2nd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 2nd Central Committee (2nd CC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was elected at the 2nd Congress on 30 March 1948, and remained in session until the election of the 3rd Central Committee on 29 April 1956. In between party congresses and specially convened conferences the Central Committee is the highest decision-making institution in the WPK and North Korea. The 2nd Central Committee was not a permanent institution and delegated day-to-day work to elected bodies, such as the Political Committee, the Standing Committee, the Organisation Committee and the Inspection Committee in this case. It convened meetings, known as "Plenary Session of the [term] Central Committee", to discuss major policies. Only full members had the right to vote, but if a full member could not attend a plenary session, the person's spot was taken over by an alternate. Plenary session could also be attended by non-members, such meetings are known as "Enlarged Plenary Session", to participate in the committee's discussions. During its tenure it held five plenary sessions, one enlarged session, seven joint plenary sessions and four stand-alone plenums.
A feature of North Korean politics was its factionalism. Four loosely defined factions were struggling for dominance; Kim Il Sung's partisans, domestic communists, the Yanan group and the Soviet Koreans. The 2nd CC, which consisted of 67 members and 20 alternate members, was divided along factional lines. Of the 67 members, 30 had served in the 1st Central Committee. Among those not reelected were Chon Song-hwa and Chong Tal-hyon from the domestic faction. The position of the partisan faction was strengthened, with Kang Kon, Kim Kwang-hyop, Kim Kyong-sok and Pak Kum-chol being elected to the 2nd Central Committee. Despite this, the domestic faction had the most representation on the 2nd CC. Further the 2nd CC reelected Yanan communist Kim Tu-bong as Chairman of the Central Committee while partisan Kim Il Sung and Chu Yong-ha from the domestic group were elected to the office of Vice Chairman. All the members of the 1st Political Committee were re-elected, while two new were added; Kim Chaek and Pak Il-u. Upon the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea (WPSK) on 24 June 1949, the 2nd Central Committee merged with the 1st WPSK Central Committee and gained 31 new members. The newly expanded 2nd CC elected Kim Il Sung as chairman and domestic communist Pak Hon-yong and Soviet Korean Ho Ka-i as vice chairmen. Also, Ho Ka-i with domestic communists (and former WPSK members) Yi Sung-yop and Kim Sam-yong were elected First, Second and Third Secretary respectively in charge of administrative affairs. Thirty-six individuals were re-elected to the 3rd Central Committee, of these 29 were original members of the WPNK's 2nd CC.
The first moves to purge the domestic faction from WPK political life began at the 5th Joint Plenary Session, held 15–18 December 1952. In his report to the plenum Kim Il Sung talked about defects in party work and accused certain people, without mentioning names, of lacking proper "Party character", forsaking the masses, not performing duties assigned to them and not criticising party policy through proper party channels. Shortly after the plenary session Yim Hwa was arrested for writing for anti-communist thinking for writing the following lines in a poem; "Forests were put to the fire; houses were burned. If Stalin comes to Korea, there is not a house to put him up for the night." Continuing up to December 1952 several other figures were arrested, such as Kim Nam-chon, Kim Ki-rim, Kim O-song and Kwon O-jik. Several others were secretly arrested as the purge was carried outside the public eye. On 15 February 1953 an editorial in Rodong Sinmun stated that, in line with the 5th Joint Plenary Session, certain factionalists had become a "target of our hatred". Mentioned by name was Yim Hwa, Chu Yong-ha, Kim Nam-chon and Cho Il-hae, but the editorial noted that there were "others" as well. They were charged with "not trusting the Party, and with slandering Party Policy and Party leadership." The editorial noted that the Party had been tolerant of their behaviour, but stated that when given the chance to apologise the accused did not admit their mistakes and/or gave half-hearted apologies. Chu Yong-ha, instead of apologising for his supposed misdeeds, openly criticised the leadership of the WPK. While no public criticism was aired at Pak Hon-yong at the time, he was not heard, seen in public or reported on since February 1953.
Around the same time, the Kim Il Sung group moved against WPK First Secretary Ho Ka-i, who under pressure either committed suicide or was murdered on 2 July 1953. The suicide was announced at the 6th Joint Plenary Session, held on 4–6 August 1953, as well as the expulsion from the party of Pak Hon-yong and other leading WPSK officials. During the plenum, on 3–6 August, a trial conducted by the Military Tribunal Department of the Supreme Court involving twelve defendants was organised. The defendants were accused of spying for the United States Government and infiltrating the North Korean Government and the WPK. Pak Hon-yong, as the ringleader of the alleged conspiracy, was accused of seeking to overthrow the North Korean government and the WPK leadership, and seeking to restore capitalism. Pak Hon-yong was not put on trial before 15 December 1955, in which he was trialled by a special session of the Supreme Court in which the judges were leading politicians of the WPK. He was accused of becoming "a traitor of the revolution" in 1939 and of "disguising himself as a patriot", and was executed for his supposed crimes on 18 December 1955. This supposed conspiracy helped explain North Korea's defeat in the Korean War, and further rationalise Kim Il Sung's growing dominance over the WPK and state machinery.

## Plenary sessions

| Plenum | Start–end | Length | Agenda |
| 1st Plenary Session | 31 March 1948 | 1 day | 1 item. Elections of the Officers of the 2nd Central Committee. |
| 2nd Plenary Session | 12 July 1948 | 1 day | 2 items. On the work of party organisation before the election to the 1st Supreme People's Assembly. On the promulgation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. |
| 3rd Plenary Session | 24–25 September 1948 | 2 days | 3 items. On party organisational tasks and the Supreme People's Assembly's election results. Debate on the collection of textile tax and increased agricultural production of grains in 1949. Concerning organisational matters: Election of Vice Chairman of the Party; Elections to the Standing Committee; Decision on establishing the Organisational Committee of the 2nd Central Committee; Election of members to the Organisational Committee; Election of the Chairman of the 2nd Auditing and 2nd Inspection commissions; General debate on the farewell ceremony for Soviet forces. |
| 4th Plenary Session | 9–14 December 1948 | 5 days | Not made public. |
| 5th Plenary Session | 12–13 February 1949 | 2 days | 4 items. On the strengthening of the party's leadership. Summation of the work of lower-level party organisations in the last nine months. Debate on the party's tasks to realise economic reconstruction in the period 1949–50. Debate on the party organisation report in the upcoming elections to the people's committees of provinces, cities, counties and districts. Decision on establishing the Chagang Provincial Committee and lower-level organisations of the party in connection with the establishment of Chagang Province and its administrative structures. |
| 6th Enlarged Plenary Session | 11 June 1949 | 1 day | 2 items. Report by Kim Il-sung on the party's participation in the 1st Congress of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland. Debate on establishing the Workers' Party of Korea by merging the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea. |
| 1st Joint Plenary Session | 24 June 1949 | 1 day | 3 items. Decision on forming the Workers' Party of Korea. Election of Officers of the 2nd Central Committee. Restructuring of the committees subordinate to the Central Committee. |
| 2nd Joint Plenary Session | 15–18 December 1949 | 3 days | 3 items. Concerning the party's revised policy in the industrial sector in connection with the Two-Year People's Economic Plan. Report by Pak Hon-yong on the need to strengthen party ideological education of members. Discussion on organisational problems. Kim Il-sung hold a speech named "Let Us Be More Faithful to Marxism and Leninism and the Principles of Proletarian Internationalism". |
| 3rd Joint Plenary Session | 21–23 December 1950 | 3 days | 3 items. Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "The Present Situation and Our Tasks". Problems arising from the unification of the workers' organisations of North and South Korea. Debate on organisational problems. |
| 4th Joint Plenary Session | 1–4 November 1951 | 4 days | 2 items. Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "On Some Defects in the Organisation Work of Party Organisations". On organisational problems: Election of Pak Chong-ae, who served as Secretary of the Central Committee, to the Political Committee. Election of Pak Chang-ok as Secretary of the Central Committee. Election of Pak Yong-bin as Chairman of the Organisational Section. Election of Kim Chon-hae as Chairman of the Social Affairs Section. The meeting concluded with Kim Il-sung's speech "On the Improvement of the Party's Organisational Work". |
| 5th Joint Plenary Session | 15–18 December 1952 | 4 days | 2 items. Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "The Organisational and Ideological Consolidation of the Party is the Basis of Our Victory". Report by Pak Chong-ae, known as "Concerning the Problems of Organisation". |
| 6th Joint Plenary Session | 4–6 August 1953 | 3 days | 3 items. Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "Everything for the Postwar Rehabilitation and Development of the National Economy". Report by Pak Chong-ae on recent anti-party and anti-state activities of Yi Sung-yop, Pae Chol, Pak Sung-won, Yun Sun-dal, Cho Il-myong Yi Kang-guk "and others", "and the incident of Ho Ka-i, who cowardly committed suicide after committing anti-people and anti-party activities". On organisational problems: The following were expelled from the 2nd Central Committee: Chu Yong-ha, Chang Si-u, Pak Hon-yong, Kim O-song, An Ki-song, Kim Kwang-su and Kim Ung-bin. Alternate member Kwon O-jik is expelled as well; The following were expelled from the 2nd Central Committee for "not being faithful and sacrificial in their service to the party and state" during the war: Ku Chae-su, Yi Chon-jin, Cho Pok-ye and Yi Chu-sang; The following were elected to the 2nd Central Committee: Yi Yong-som, Hwang Tae-song, Pak Kyong-su, Yu Chuk-un and Yun Hyong-sik; The abolition of the Organisational Committee and the election of a new Standing Committee composed of: Kim Il-sung, Kim Tu-bong, Pak Chong-ae, Pak Yong-bin, Choe Won-taek, Choe Chang-ik, Jong Il-ryong, Kim Hwang-il, Kang Mun-sok, Kim Sung-hwa, Kim Kwang-hyop, Pak Kum-chol and Nam Il; The election of the following to the Political Committee: Kim Il-sung, Kim Tu-bong, Pak Chong-ae, Pak Chang-ok and Kim Il; Chang Sun-myong, the Chairman of the 2nd Inspection Commission, and Yi Ki-sok, the Vice Chairman of the 2nd Inspection Commission, are relieved of their duties and replaced by Kim Ung-gi as new Chairman. Abolition of the Central Committee secretary system, and the election of Pak Chong-ae, Pak Chang-ok and Kim Il to the office of Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea; Election of the following members to the Committee on Revision of Party Rules: Kim Il-sung, Pak Chong-ae, Pak Chang-ok, Kim Il, Pak Yong-bin, Yi Ki-sok, Kim Kwang-hyop, Yi Kwon-mu, Han Sol-ya, Kang Mun-sok, Hwang Tae-song, Kim Yol, Ko Pong-gi, Kim Sung-hwa and Pak Kum-chol; The following were elected to positions within the Central Committee apparatus: Kim Chang-man as the Chairman of Propaganda and Agitation Section, Kim Min-san as the Chairman of Society Section and Yi Chong-won as the Chairman of the Social Science Section. |
| 7th Joint Plenary Session | 21–23 March 1954 | 3 days | 2 items. Report by Kim Il, known as "Concerning the Strengthening of the Work of the Democratic Front of the Fatherland Unification". Report by Pak Chong-ae, known as "General Report on Every Party Leadership Organisation in the Coming Election, January-April 1954". |
| March Plenary Session | 21–23 March 1954 | 3 days | 2 items. Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "The Present Task of the Party, State, Economic Organisation, and the Workers to Rectify New Shortcomings in Industry and Transportation Sectors". Report by Kim Il-sung concerning organisational problems: Pak Yong-bin and Pak Kum-chol are elected to the office of Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee while Pak Chang-ok and Kim Il are relieved of their position as WPK vice chairmen. |
| November Plenary Session | 1–3 April 1955 | 3 days | 6 items. Speech by Kim Il-sung, known as "On the Unification of Korea with the Correct Understanding of the Fatherland Unification". Report by Kim Il, known as "Concerning the Future Policy of the Workers' Party of Korea to Struggle for the Rapid Reconstruction and Development of Agricultural Management". General Report on the work of every party organisation in the election. The restructuring off, and the election of twenty-five members to the Committee on Drafting the Party Platform. Concerning party organisational problems. Speech by Kim Il-sung, known as "On Our Party Policy for the Further Development of Agricultural Management". |
| April Plenary Session | 1–4 December 1955 | 4 days | 5 items. Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "On Further Intensifying the Class Education of Party Members". Report by Kim Il-sung, known as "On the Elimination of Bureaucratism of Some Workers in the Party and the Government". Report by Pak Chang-ok, known as "On the Strengthening of the Struggle for Economic Thrift Rules for Financial and Material Statistics, Anti-corruption and Anti-waste". Debate on the problems of party discipline. Concluding remarks by Kim Il-sung, known as "On Some Questions of Party and State Work in the Present Stage of the Socialist Revolution". |
| December Plenary Session | 2–3 December 1955 | 2 days | 3 items. Concerning the decisions made at the November Plenary Session on the development of agriculture. Concerning the convocation of the 3rd Party Congress Decision on holding the congress in April 1956; Decision on the Agenda of the 3rd Party Congress: Report on the work of the 2nd Central Committee, presented by Kim Il-sung; Report on the work of the 2nd Central Auditing Commission, presented by Yi Chu-yon; Report on the work of the Bylaw Revision Committee, presented by Pak Chong-ae; Election of the 3rd Central Committee and the 3rd Central Auditing Commission Debate on the party's organisational problems. |
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## Members
### 1st Plenary Session (1946–49)
#### Full

| Rank | Name Hangul | Level of government (Offices held) | 1st CC | 3rd CC | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Background |
| Rank | Name Hangul | Level of government (Offices held) | 1st CC | 3rd CC | 2nd POC | 2nd STC | 2nd ORG | 2nd INS | Background |
| 1 | Kim Tu-bong | Central Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee (1946–49) Chairman of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Reelected | Chairman | Chairman | — | — | Yanan |
| 2 | Kim Il Sung | Central Premier of the Cabinet Vice Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee | Old | Reelected | Member | Member | Member | — | Partisan |
| 3 | Ho Ka-i | Central Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee | Old | Demoted | Member | Member | Member | — | Soviet |
| 4 | Chu Yong-ha | Central Minister of Transportation (September – October 1948) | Old | Expelled | Member | Member | — | — | Domestic |
| 5 | Kim Chaek | Central Vice Premier of the Cabinet (1948–49) Minister of Industry (1948–49) | Old | Demoted | Member | Member | — | — | Partisan |
| 6 | Choe Chang-ik | Central Minister of Finance | Old | Reelected | Member | Member | — | — | Yanan |
| 7 | Pak Il-u | Central Minister of Interior | Old | Demoted | Member | Member | — | — | Yanan |
| 8 | Pak Chong-ae | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Reelected | — | Member | Member | — | Domestic |
| 9 | Kim Kyo-yong | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 10 | Chong Chun-taek | Central Minister of Chemical Industry (1955–56) Chairman of the State Planning Commission | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | Partisan |
| 11 | Pak Chang-ok | — | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | Soviet |
| 12 | Kim Il | Central Minister of Agriculture (1954–56) | Old | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | Partisan |
| 13 | Kim Chae-uk | — | Old | Demoted | — | Member | — | — | Soviet |
| 14 | Kim Hwang-il | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 15 | Kim Yol | — | Old | Demoted | — | Member | Member | — | Soviet |
| 16 | Choe Kyong-dok | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 17 | Kim Min-san | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 18 | Choe Suk-yang | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Chin Pan-su | — | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | Soviet |
| 20 | Kang Chin-gon | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 21 | Han Il-mu | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 22 | Pak Hun-il | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 23 | Choe Chae-rin | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 24 | Han Sol-ya | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 25 | Yi Hui-jun | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 26 | Kang Kon | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 27 | Kim Sung-hwa | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 28 | Ki Sok-bok | Central Editor-in-chief of Kulloja | New | Demoted | — | Member | — | — | Soviet |
| 29 | Ho Chong-suk | Central Minister of Culture and Propaganda | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 30 | Yi Chung-gun | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 31 | Tae Song-su | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 32 | Chang Sun-myong | Central Chairman of the WPNK Inspection Commission Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | Chairman | Soviet |
| 33 | Kim Ung-gi | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 34 | Kim Ko-mang | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | Member | Domestic |
| 35 | Mu Chong | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 36 | Pak Chang-sik | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 37 | Yi Puk-myong | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 38 | Pak Hyo-sam | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 39 | Kim Sang-chol | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 40 | Chang Si-u | Central Minister of Commerce | Old | Expelled | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 41 | Chong Tu-hyon | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 42 | O Ki-sop | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 43 | Song Che-jun | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Kim Chik-hyong | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 45 | Yi Sun-gun | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| 46 | Kim Kwang-hyop | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 47 | Yi Chong-ik | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | Member | Domestic |
| 48 | Chang Hae-u | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | Member | Domestic |
| 49 | Yi Tong-hwa | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 50 | Yim Hae | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 51 | Jong Il-ryong | — | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | Domestic |
| 52 | Pang Hak-se | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | Member | Soviet |
| 53 | Cho Yong | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 54 | Kim Ung | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 55 | Pak Mu | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 56 | Kim Yong-su | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| 57 | Chang Chol | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | Member | Yanan |
| 58 | Kim Tae-ryon | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — |
| 59 | Yi Kwon-mu | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 60 | Kim Kyong-sok | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 61 | Kim Han-jung | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 62 | Pak Yong-son | — | New | Demoted | — | Member | Member | — | Domestic |
| 63 | Ri Yu-min | Central Vice Chairman of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1953–56) | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| 64 | Kim Kwang-bin | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 | Yi Song-un | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 66 | Pak Kum-chol | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| 67 | Kim Chan | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
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#### Alternates

| Rank | Name Hangul | 1st CC | 3rd CC | Background |
| Rank | Name Hangul | 1st CC | 3rd CC | Background | 1 | Pak Won-sul | New | Demoted | — |
| 2 | Yi Yong-hwa | New | Demoted | — |
| 3 | Kim Chin-yo | New | Demoted | — |
| 4 | Chae Kyu-hong | New | Demoted | — |
| 5 | Han Ang-chon | New | Full | Yanan |
| 6 | Pak Yong-hwa | New | Demoted | — |
| 7 | Pak Tong-cho | New | Demoted | — |
| 8 | Kang Yong-chang | New | Full | Domestic |
| 9 | Choe Kwang-yol | New | Demoted | Yanan |
| 10 | Yi Kyu-hwan | New | Reelected | — |
| 11 | Nam Il | New | Full | — |
| 12 | Chang Wi-sam | New | Demoted | Soviet |
| 13 | Ko Pong-gi | New | Full | — |
| 14 | Kim Tae-hwa | New | Demoted | — |
| 15 | Kye Tong-son | New | Demoted | — |
| 16 | Kim Tu-yong | New | Demoted | — |
| 17 | Yi Hyo-sun | New | Full | Partisan |
| 18 | Yi Chi-chan | New | Reelected | — |
| 19 | Yi Yong-som | New | Demoted | — |
| 20 | Choe Pong-su | New | Demoted | Soviet |
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### 1st Joint Plenary Session (1949–56)

| Name Hangul | Level of government (Offices held) | 1st CC | 3rd CC | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Inner-composition | Background |
| Name Hangul | Level of government (Offices held) | 1st CC | 3rd CC | 2nd POC | 2nd STC | 2nd SEC | 2nd ORG | 2nd INS | Background |
| An Ki-song | — | WPSK | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Chang Chol | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Member | Yanan |
| Chang Hae-u | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Member | Domestic |
| Chang Si-u | Central Minister of Commerce (1949–52) | Old | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Chang Sun-myong | Central Chairman of the WPK Inspection Commission (1949–53) Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1949–53) | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Chairman | Soviet |
| Chin Pan-su | Central Minister of Foreign Trade (1953–56) | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Cho Pok-ye | — | New | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cho Yong | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Choe Chae-rin | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Choe Chang-ik | Central Minister of State Control (January – August 1955) Vice Premier of the Cabinet (1952–56) Minister of Finance (1949–52) | Old | Reelected | — | Member | — | Member | — | Yanan |
| Choe Kyong-dok | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1949–53) | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Choe Suk-yang | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Choe Won-taek | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1953–56) | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Chong Chun-taek | Central Minister of Chemical and Building Materials Industries (1954–55) Chairman of the State Planning Commission (1949–54) | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Chong Il-yong | Central Minister of Heavy Industry (1951–52 & 54–55) Minister of Industry (February – July 1951) | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Chong No-sik | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Chong Tu-hyon | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Chong Yun | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Chu Yong-ha | — | Old | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Han Il-mu | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Han Sol-ya | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Ho Chong-suk | Central Minister of Culture and Propaganda | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Ho Hon | Central Chairman of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1948–51) | WPSK | Died | Member | — | — | Member | — | Domestic |
| Ho Ka-i | Central Vice Premier of the Cabinet (1951–53) Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee (1949–53) | Old | Died | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | 1. Secretary | Member | — | Soviet |
| Ho Song-taek | Central Minister of Labour (1949–52) | WPSK | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Hong Nam-pyo | Central Vice Chairman of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1949–53) | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Hwang Tae-song | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hyon U-hyon | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kang Chin-gon | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kang Kon | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Kang Mun-sok | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | Member | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Ki Sok-bok | Central Editor-in-chief of Kulloja | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Kim Chae-uk | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Kim Chaek | Central Vice Premier of the Cabinet (1949–51) Minister of Industry (1949–51) | Old | Died | Member | — | — | Member | — | Partisan |
| Kim Chan | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Kim Chik-hyong | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Chin-guk | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Han-jung | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Kim Hwang-il | — | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Il | Central Vice Premier of the Cabinet (1954–56) Vice Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee (1953–56) | Old | Reelected | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Kim Il Sung | Central Chairman of the WPK Central Committee Premier of the Cabinet | Old | Reelected | Chairman | Chairman | — | Member | — | Partisan |
| Kim Ko-mang | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Member | Domestic |
| Kim Kwang-bin | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kim Kwang-hyop | — | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Kim Kwang-su | — | WPSK | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Kye-rim | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Kyo-yong | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Kim Kyong-sok | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Kim Min-san | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Kim O-song | — | WPSK | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Sam-yong | — | WPSK | Died | Member | — | 3. Secretary | Member | — | Domestic |
| Kim Sang-chol | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Sang-hyok | — | WPSK | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Sung-hwa | Central Minister of Construction (1955–56) Minister of City Construction (1951–53) | New | Demoted | — | Member | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Kim Tae-jun | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Tae-ryon | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kim Tu-bong | Central Chairman of the 1st Standing Committee 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Reelected | Member | — | — | Member | — | Yanan |
| Kim Ung | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Kim Ung-bin | — | WPSK | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Ung-gi | Central Chairman of the Inspection Commission (1953–56) Chairman of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1953–56) | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Chairman | Domestic |
| Kim Yol | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | Member | — | Soviet |
| Kim Yong-am | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Yong-jae | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Kim Yong-su | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Ko Chan-bo | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Ku Chae-su | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (1949–53) | WPSK | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Mu Chong | — | Old | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Nam Il | Central Minister of Foreign Affairs (1953–56) | New | Reelected | — | Member | — | — | — | Soviet |
| O Ki-sop | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Pak Chang-ok | Central Chairman of the State Planning Commission Vice Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee (1953–56) | New | Reelected | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Pak Chong-ae | Central Vice Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee (1953–56) Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | Old | Reelected | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Pak Chang-sik | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Pak Hon-yong | Central Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee (1949–53) Vice Premier of the Cabinet (1949–53) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1949–53) | WPSK | Expelled | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | — | Member | — | Domestic |
| Pak Hun-il | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Pak Hyo-sam | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Pak Il-u | Central Ministet of Post and Telecommunications (1953–55) Minister of Interior (1949–52) | Old | Expelled | Member | — | — | Member | — | Yanan |
| Pak Kum-chol | Central Vice Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee (1953–56) | New | Reelected | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Pak Kyong-su | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pak Mu | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Pak Mun-gyu | Central Minister of Agriculture (1952–54) Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (1949–52) | WPSK | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Pak Yong-bin | Central Vice Chairman of the WPNK Central Committee (1953–56) | New | Demoted | V. Chairman | V. Chairman | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Pak Yong-son | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Pang Hak-se | Central Minister of Interior (1952–56) Minister of Public Security (1951–52) | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | Member | Soviet |
| Song Che-jun | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Song Ul-su | — | WPSK | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Song Yu-gyong | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Tae Song-su | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Yi Chae-nam | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Chon-jin | — | WPSK | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Chong-ik | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | Member | Domestic |
| Yi Chu-ha | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Chu-sang | — | New | Expelled | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yi Chung-gun | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Hui-jun | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yi Hyon-sang | — | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Ki-sok | Central Minister of City Management (1955–56) Chairman of the People's Control Commission Vice Chairman of the Inspection Commission (1949–53) Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | V. Chairman | Domestic |
| Yi Kwon-mu | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Yi Puk-myong | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Song-un | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Yi Sun-gun | — | Old | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yi Sung-yop | Central Chairman of the People's Control Commission (1952–53) Minister of Justice | WPSK | Expelled | Member | — | 2. Secretary | Member | — | Domestic |
| Yi Tong-hwa | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet |
| Yi Yong-som | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ri Yu-min | — | New | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Yanan |
| Yim Hae | — | Old | Reelected | — | — | — | — | — | Partisan |
| Yu Chuk-un | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yu Yong-jun | Central Member of the 1st Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly | WPSK | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | Domestic |
| Yun Hyong-sik | — | New | Demoted | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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