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First Secretary Of The Workers' Party Of Korea
The General Secretary and Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea is a member of the Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, which is headed by a General Secretary (the name of this office has changed throughout North Korean history). General Secretaries and forerunners Secretaries Noter References Footnotes Bibliography

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Secretariat Of The Workers' Party Of Korea
The Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, formerly known as the Executive Policy Bureau (2016–21), manages the work of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, Presidium. The General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, General Secretary leads the work of the Secretariat, and the body is composed of several members (known as "secretaries"). History The Secretariat, the forerunner of the Executive Policy Bureau, was established at the 2nd Conference of Representatives in October 1966, and was similar to its counterpart in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the Stalin era. The head of the Secretariat at the time was the General Secretary. Until 1966, the WPK had no body similar to the Secretariat; this was unusual, since a Secretariat was one of the most powerful bodies in other ruling communist parties. The Secretariat was established du ...
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Han Son-yong
Han Song-ryong (, 1923–2009)北 前경제비서 한성룡 조용한 죽음, 왜?
was a North Korean politician. He served in various positions in the and the North Korean Cabinet.


Biography

Han was born in , North Hamgyong Province in 1923. He was educated at the

Kim Hwan
Kim Hwan (; 1929–May 2009) was a North Korean politician and technocrat who served as a Vice Premier of North Korea. Biography He was born in 1929 in Kimhyongjik County, Ryanggang Province, a son of partisan Kim Hyuk, and the son-in-law of Kim Il. After graduating from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, he went on to the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Kim Il Sung University and studied in East Germany, graduating from the Karl Marx Institute of Technology under the University of Leipzig After returning to Korea, he served as a researcher at the Institute of Chemical Industry of the Ministry of Heavy Industry in 1961 and moved to Hamhung Institute of Technology in 1963 as an assistant professor of analytical chemistry. In 1967, he served as a researcher at the Institute of Hyperthermic Chemistry at the Hamhung branch of the Academy of Sciences. After entering the cabinet, he was appointed deputy Minister of Textile and Paper Industry in 1968. In December 1972, with the a ...
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Kim Chung-nin
Kim Jung-rin () (7 December 1923 – 28 April 2010) was a North Korean politician who was an alternate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, as well as a member of the Politburo and party secretary."朝鮮勞動黨中央書記金仲麟去世" 《新華網》 2010 4 28 Biography Kim Jung-rin was born on December 7, 1923, into a poor peasant family in Pyoktong County, North Pyongan Province (now Usi County, Chagang Province. His deeds before 1945 are unknown. He only knew that he had participated in the campaign for liberation of the Korean Peninsula in China. In 1945, Japan surrendered, and World War II ended, Kim Jung-rin came to North Korea and enrolled in the local Central Party School. In 1948, he became the party committee minister of North Hamgyong Province. Later, he was sent to the advanced party school of the Soviet Union for further study. In 1956, he had returned to China and was appointed as a standing member of the ...
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Kang Song-san
Kang Song-san (3 March 1931 – 25 June 2000) was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1992 to 1997. He succeeded Ri Jong-ok in his first term and Yon Hyong-muk in his second term. Biography He was born in North Hamgyong Province. He graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and from Kim Il Sung University and went to study in the Soviet Union in Moscow State University. He became an instructor in the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is ... in 1955. Candidate member of the political politburo in 1973, Vice Premier in 1977, the Sixth Party Congress in 1980 he was elected a member of the Politburo. In 1984, he became the Prime Minister of North Korea. ...
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Jong Sang-hak
Jong Sang-hak () is a North Korean politician who is serving as member of the 8th Politburo of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. Biography From 10 January 2021 to June 2022 he served as the head of the Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea. Following the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee during the 8th WPK Congress he was elected a member of the 8th Politburo. In addition to that, he was elected a director of the Central Committee department. He is considered to be part of a new elite generation, promoted to power by Kim Jong-un Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jong, Sang-hak Members of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea 8th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Ko ...
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Jo Yong-won
Jo Yong-won (, born 1957) is a North Korean politician and a deputy chief of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)'s Secretariat of General Secretary Kim Jong Un. He was a vice director of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department (OGD). Jo was also a full member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK since it was elected at the 7th Congress of the WPK in May 2016. Jo has been a member of the Presidium of the Politburo, and a secretary of the Secretariat of the WPK since it was elected at the 8th WPK Central Committee in January 2021. Jo appears to serve as the First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea making him formally the principal day-to-day leader of the party second only to Kim Jong Un. Jo is a confidant of the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, and accompanies him often on guidance tours, mostly in relation to economy. In 2016 he was the most frequent member of Kim's entourage. According to ''NK News'', Jo was "once described as a 'rising star' of DPRK politics nd ...
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Hyon Mu-kwang
Hyon (; ) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1972. On 1 January 1972, it was merged into Mons.Arrêté royal In Belgium, a royal decree (RD) or royal order ( in Dutch, arrêté royal in French, or königlicher Erlass in German) is a federal government decree implementing legislation, or exercising powers the legislature has delegated to the crown as s ... du 18 février 1971 portant fusion des communes de Mons, Hyon, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy et Obourg. Gallery Image:0 Hyon vu du Mont Héribus (1).JPG, The village seen from the summit of Mount Héribus. Image:Hyon JPG05a.jpg, Bridge/Dam on the river ''la Trouille'' (16th century). Image:Hyon JPG05b.jpg, Bridge/Dam. Image:Église Hyon D02.jpg, Church Saint-Martin (1874-1876). Image:Hyon AR1aJPG.jpg, Remarkable hybrid plane of the common park. Image:Hyon - Arbre de la Liberté - Tilia x europaea L. (1).jpg, The ''Tree of the Liberty'' ...
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Hyon Mu-gwang
Hyon Mu-gwang (, 1913 – March 1992) was a North Korean politician, vice premier of the State Administration of Government, member of the of North Korea and chairman of the National Audit Committee. Biography Hyon Mu-gwang was born in Hongyuan County, south-central South Hamgyong Province. In his early years, he worked as a worker in a factory in Seoul. During the Japanese occupation, he was forced to requisition to work in a steel plant in Chongjin City. In 1937, he joined the National Liberation League and engaged in the communist movement. He was subsequently arrested by the Japanese colonial government and sentenced to prison. In 1945, Japan surrendered and World War II ended, In 1956, Hyon returned, and immediately became the vice chairman of Xianjing South Road. In the same year, he was elected as acting member of the Supreme People's Assembly. He was re-elected to this position 7 times. In 1958, he was promoted to chairman of South Hamgyong Province. In 1960, he ...
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Hwang Jang-yop
Hwang Jang-yop (; 17 February 192310 October 2010) was a North Korean politician who defected to South Korea. He served as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1972 to 1983 and was largely responsible for crafting ''Juche'', the state ideology of North Korea. He defected in 1997, the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected. Early life and education Hwang was born in Kangdong, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in South Pyongan Province, North Korea). He graduated from the Pyongyang Commercial School in 1941, and then went to Tokyo in 1942 to attend Chuo University's law school; however, he quit two years later and returned to Pyongyang, where he taught mathematics at his old school. He joined the Workers' Party of Korea in 1946, soon after its founding; from 1949 to 1953, he was sent to study at Moscow University in the Soviet Union. Upon his return to North Korea, he became head lecturer in philosophy at Kim Il Sung University. He would later ...
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Hong Sok-hyong
Hong Sok-hyong () is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was secretary of the WPK Central Committee and Director of the WPK Planning and Finance Department. Biography Born in Seoul in 1936 during the Japanese occupation. After graduating from college, he received a degree in metallurgy. He was Vice President of Seongjin Steelworks Technology, 1st Vice of the Metal Industry Department, Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex., 2nd Secretary of the North Hamgyong Province North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province. Geography The province is bordered by China (Jilin) to the north, S ..., and Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex (2001–2010), served as the head of the Party Central Committee. And since September 2010, he has been secretary of the WPK Central Committee and director of the WPK Planning and Finance Department. He w ...
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Hong Si-hak
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese surname) *Hong (Korean surname) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a Chinese dragon with two heads on each end in Chinese mythology, comparable with Rainbow Serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three " rainbow" words, regular , lit ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ...
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