General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

Prior to 1966 the leader of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea is the leadership body of the Workers' Party of Korea. According to Party rules, the Central Committee directs the Party work between the Party Congresses...

was the Chairman of the Central Committee. Since 1966, the year a party congress

Party Congress

A party congress is a general conference of a political party. The congress is attended by delegates who represent the party membership. In most parties the party congress is the highest decision making body of the organisation and elects the party's leadership bodies such as the National Executive...

reformed the structure of the Party, the Central Committee has elected a leader called the General Secretary

General Secretary

The office of general secretary is staffed by the chief officer of:*The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace, a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...

General Secretary of the Central Committee

Name	Term	Life span
Kim Il-Sung Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death...	30 June 1925 – 30 June 1949	15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994 (aged 82)

Chairman of the Central Committee

Name	Term	Life span
Kim Il-Sung Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death...	30 June 1949 - 11 October 1966	15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994 (aged 82)

General Secretaries of the Central Committee

Name	Term	Life span
Kim Il-Sung Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death...	12 October 1966 – 8 July 1994	15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994 (aged 82)
Kim Jong-Il Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim born 16 February 1941 or 16 February 1942 , is the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...	8 October 1997 – present	16 February 1941 – present (aged 70)
Kim Jong-un		January 8, 1983 (age 28)

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