General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

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 Korea and typically the supreme leader of North Korea.

The office of WPK Chairman was abolished on 12 October 1966 and replaced with the office of General Secretary by a decision of the 14th Plenary Session of the 4th Central Committee. At the 8th WPK Congress in 2021, where the WPK Chairman was abolished and replaced by the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The current General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea is Kim Jong-un, who took office on 10 January 2021.

Officeholders
Chief Secretary of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea조선공산당 북조선분국 책임비서Chief SecretaryTermElection Kim Yong-bom김용범1902–194713 October 194518 December 1945 – 150pxKim Il-sung김일성1912–1994
100px18 December 194531 August 1946 –Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Korea북조선로동당 중앙위원회 위원장ChairmanTermElectionKim Tu-bong김두봉1889–195831 August 194630 March 19481stCentralCommittee30 March 194830 June 19492ndCentralCommittee Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea조선로동당 중앙위원회 위원장ChairmanTermElection150pxKim Il-sung김일성1912–1994100px30 June 194929 April 19562ndCentralCommittee29 April 195618 September 19613rdCentralCommittee18 September 196112 October 19664thCentralCommittee General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea조선로동당 중앙위원회 총비서General SecretaryTermElection150pxKim Il-sung김일성1912–1994100px12 October 196613 November 19704th CentralCommittee13 November 197014 October 19805thCentralCommittee14 October 19808 July 19946thCentralCommitteeVacant(8 July 1994–8 October 1997) General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea조선로동당 총비서General SecretaryTermElection150pxKim Jong-il김정일1941–2011100px8 October 199728 September 20106thCentralCommittee28 September 201017 December 2011Vacant(17 December 2011–11 April 2012) First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea조선로동당 제1비서First SecretaryTermElection150pxKim Jong-un김정은born 1983100px11 April 20129 May 20166thCentralCommittee Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea조선로동당 위원장ChairmanTermElection150pxKim Jong-un김정은born 1983100px9 May 201610 January 20217thCentralCommittee General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea조선로동당 총비서General SecretaryTermElection150pxKim Jong-un김정은born 1983100px10 January 2021Present8thCentralCommittee

References

Category:Politics of North Korea