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	{{Infobox Political post
	\| post = Leader
	\| body = the<br />Workers' Party of Korea
	\| flag = WPK_symbol.svg
	\| flagsize = 120px
	\| flagcaption = Emblem of the Workers' Party of Korea
	\| insignia = WPK Chairman emblem.svg
	\| insigniacaption = Emblem of the WPK Chairman
	\| department = ]
	\| image = Kim Jong-un April 2019 (cropped).jpg
	\| incumbent = ]
	\| incumbentsince = 10 January 2021
	\| style = ]<br/>({{Korean\|동지\|同志}})
	\| type = ]<br>]
	\| residence = ]
	\| seat = ]
	\| nominator = ]
	\| termlength = No fixed term
	\| constituting_instrument = ]
	\| inaugural = ]
	\| appointer = WPK Congress
	\| deputy = ]
	\| formation = 28 August 1946
	\| imagesize = 165px
	\| module =
	}}{{Infobox Korean name
	\| title = General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
	\| hangul = 조선로동당 총비서
	\| hanja = {{Linktext\|朝鮮\|勞動黨\|總秘書}}
	\| rr = Joseon Rodongdang Chongbiseo
	\| mr = Chosŏn Rodongdang Ch'ongbisŏ
	}}
	{{Politics of North Korea}}
	The '''leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea''' is ], the ] (]: 조선로동당 총비서) and the ]. ] stipulate that the General Secretary is elected by the party congress. The party leader can also be removed and elected by the party conference and by the Central Committee. The General Secretary is '']'' of the Chairman of the ] and leads the work of the ].<ref>{{cite web \| author = Madden, Michael \| url = http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/4th-party-conference-to-convene-in-mid-april/ \| publisher = North Korea Leadership Watch \| accessdate = 12 February 2021 \| title = 4th Party Conference To Convene in "mid-April" \| date = 2 February 2012\|archive-date= 12 February 2021\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129172811/https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/4th-party-conference-to-convene-in-mid-april/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| author = Madden, Michael \| url = https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/the-party/secretariat-of-the-central-committee-kwp/ \| publisher = North Korea Leadership Watch \| accessdate = 13 February 2021 \| title = Party Secretariat \| date =\|archive-date= 13 February 2021\|archive-url = }}</ref> Additionally, the General Secretary is by right of office member of the ], the ] and the WPK Central Committee.

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	The office traces its lineage back to the reestablishment of the ] (CPK) on 14 September 1945 when ] was elected Chairman of the CPK Central Committee.{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=281}} Later on 13 October 1945 the CPK established an internal ] (NKBB) and nominated ] as branch secretary.{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|pp=279–80}} Hyon Chun-hyok was assassinated on 28 September 1945 and ] was elected as branch secretary in his place.{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=280}}{{sfn\|Chong-sik\|1963\|p=5}} On 10 April 1946 the NKBB became independent of the CPK and changed its name to Communist Party of North Korea (CPNK).{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=280}} Later that year, on 30 August, the CPNK merged with the ] to establish the ] (WPNK).{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|pp=282–3}} ] was elected WPNK Chairman by the ].{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=283}} In the meantime the ] was established through the merger of the Communist Party of South Korea, ] and a faction of the ] on 24 November 1946.{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=282}} The ] elected ] as its party chairman.{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=318}} On the merger of the WPNK with the ] on 24 June, the ] elected ] as Chairman of the WPK Central Committee.{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=321}}

	The offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee was abolished on 12 October 1966 and replaced with the offices of General Secretary and Secretary of the ] by a decision of the 14th Plenary Session of the ].{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=328}} Kim Il-sung was elected to the office, and remained in office until ].{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=328}}{{sfn\|Yonguso\|1997\|p=668}} The post was left vacant for three years and then abolished and replaced by the office of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on 8 October 1997.{{sfn\|Yonguso\|1997\|p=668}} ] was elected to the office by a joint announcement of the ] and the ].{{sfn\|Yonguso\|1997\|p=668}} Kim Jong-il remained in office until ]. ] was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on 11 April 2012, and his father Kim Jong-il was given the appellation "Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea".{{sfn\|Gause\|2013\|pp=40–41}} On 9 May 2016, the ] abolished the office of First Secretary and the Secretariat and replaced it with Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and the office of ].<ref name=" first secretary ">{{cite web \| url = https://www.38north.org/2016/05/mmadden052016/ \| title = Deciphering the 7th Party Congress: A Teaser for Greater Change? \| accessdate = 12 February 2021 \| publisher = ] \| date = 20 May 2016 \| author = Madden, Michael\|archive-date= 12 February 2021\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210212100223/https://www.38north.org/2016/05/mmadden052016/ }}</ref> A similar change took place at the ], where the offices of chairman and vice chairman was abolished and replaced by the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea office and the Secretariat.<ref name=" chairman ">{{cite web \| url = https://www.38north.org/2021/01/key-results-of-the-eighth-party-congress-in-north-korea-part-2-of-2/#_ftn2 \| title = Key Results of The Eighth Party Congress in North Korea (Part 2 of 2) \| accessdate = 12 February 2021 \| publisher = ] \| date = 19 January 2021 \| author = Ruediger, Frank \|archive-date= 12 February 2021\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210212101109/https://www.38north.org/2021/01/key-results-of-the-eighth-party-congress-in-north-korea-part-2-of-2/#_ftn2 }}</ref>

	== Title history ==
	{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-
	! Title
	! Established
	! Abolished
	! Established by
	\|-
	\| Chairman of the Central Committee of the ]<br>조선공산당 중앙위원회 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 14 September 1945
	\| align="center" \| 10 April 1946
	\| ]
	\|-
	\| First Secretary of the ] of the Communist Party of Korea<br>조선공산당 북조선분국 비서
	\| align="center" \| 13 October 1945
	\| align="center" \| 10 April 1946
	\| ]
	\|-
	\| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea<br>북조선공산당 중앙위원회 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 10 April 1946
	\| align="center" \| 30 August 1946
	\| 5th Enlarged Plenary Session of the North Korean Branch Bureau's Executive Committee
	\|-
	\| Chairman of the Central Committee of the ]<br>남조선공산당 중앙위원회 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 10 April 1946
	\| align="center" \| 24 November 1946
	\| April Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Korea
	\|-
	\| Chairman of the Central Committee of the ]<br>북조선로동당 중앙위원회 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 30 August 1946
	\| align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| ]
	\|-
	\| Chairman of the Central Committee of the ]<br>남조선로동당 중앙위원회 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 24 November 1946
	\| align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| ]
	\|-
	\| Chairman of the Central Committee of the ]<br>조선로동당 중앙위원회 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| align="center" \| 12 October 1966
	\| 1st Joint Plenary Session of the ]
	\|-
	\| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the ]<br>조선로동당 중앙위원회 총비서
	\| align="center" \| 12 October 1966
	\| align="center" \| 8 October 1997
	\| 14th Plenary Session of the ]
	\|-
	\| General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea<br>조선로동당 총비서
	\| align="center" \| 8 October 1997
	\| align="center" \| 11 April 2012
	\| Joint Communique of the ] and the ]
	\|-
	\| First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea<br>조선로동당 제1비서
	\| align="center" \| 11 April 2012
	\| align="center" \| 9 May 2016
	\| ]
	\|-
	\| Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea<br>조선로동당 위원장
	\| align="center" \| 9 May 2016
	\| align="center" \| 10 January 2021
	\| ]
	\|-
	\| General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea<br>조선로동당 총비서
	\| align="center" \| 10 January 2021
	\| align="center" \| onwards
	\| ]
	\|-
	! colspan="4" unsortable \| '''References:'''<br>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=328}}{{sfn\|Yonguso\|1997\|p=668}}{{sfn\|Gause\|2013\|pp=40–41}}<ref name=" first secretary "/><ref name=" chairman "/>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|pp=279–83}}
	\|}

	==Predecessors (1945–49)==
	===National===
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-
	! scope="col" \| №<br /><ref group="note" name="vp">These numbers are not official.</ref>
	! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Portrait
	! scope="col" \| Name
	! class="unsortable" \| ]
	! scope="col" \| Birth
	! scope="col" \| Death
	! scope="col" \| Took office
	! scope="col" \| Left office
	! scope="col" \| Duration
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 1
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 박헌영
	\| align="center" \| 1900
	\| align="center" \| 1955
	\| align="center" \| 14 September 1945
	\| align="center" \| 10 April 1946
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|14 September 1945\|10 April 1946\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	! colspan="9" unsortable \| '''References:'''<br>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=281}}
	\|}

	===In the North===
	{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-
	! scope="col" \| №<br /><ref group="note" name="vp">These numbers are not official.</ref>
	! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Portrait
	! scope="col" \| Name
	! class="unsortable" \| ]
	! scope="col" \| Birth
	! scope="col" \| Death
	! scope="col" \| Took office
	! scope="col" \| Left office
	! scope="col" \| Duration
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 1
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 김용범
	\| align="center" \| 1902
	\| align="center" \| 1947
	\| align="center" \| 13 October 1945
	\| align="center" \| 18 December 1945
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|13 October 1945\|18 December 1945\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 2
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 김일성
	\| align="center" \| 1912
	\| align="center" \| 1994
	\| align="center" \| 18 December 1945
	\| align="center" \| 30 August 1946
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|18 December 1945\|30 August 1946\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 3
	\| align="center" rowspan="2" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 김두봉
	\| align="center" \| 1889
	\| align="center" \| 1958
	\| align="center" \| 31 August 1946
	\| align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|31 August 1946\|24 June 1949\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	! colspan="9" unsortable \| '''References:'''<br>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|pp=281–82}}{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=316}}{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=319}}
	\|}

	===In the South===
	{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-
	! scope="col" \| №<br /><ref group="note" name="vp">These numbers are not official.</ref>
	! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Portrait
	! scope="col" \| Name
	! class="unsortable" \| ]
	! scope="col" \| Birth
	! scope="col" \| Death
	! scope="col" \| Took office
	! scope="col" \| Left office
	! scope="col" \| Duration
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 1
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 박헌영
	\| align="center" \| 1900
	\| align="center" \| 1955
	\| align="center" \| 10 April 1946
	\| align="center" \| 24 November 1946
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|10 April 1946\|24 November 1946\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 2
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 허헌
	\| align="center" \| 1885
	\| align="center" \| 1951
	\| align="center" \| 24 November 1946
	\| align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|24 November 1946\|24 June 1949\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	! colspan="9" unsortable \| '''References:'''<br>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=318}}
	\|}

	==Leaders of the Workers' Party of Korea==
	===By officeholders===
	{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-
	! scope="col" \| №<br /><ref group="note" name="vp">These numbers are not official.</ref>
	! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Portrait
	! scope="col" \| Name
	! class="unsortable" \| ]
	! scope="col" \| Birth
	! scope="col" \| Death
	! scope="col" \| Took office
	! scope="col" \| Left office
	! scope="col" \| Duration
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 1
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 김일성
	\| align="center" \| 1912
	\| align="center" \| 1994
	\| align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| align="center" \| 8 July 1994
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|24 June 1949\|8 July 1994\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ''Vacant''
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| 8 July 1994
	\| align="center" \| 8 October 1997
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|8 July 1994\|8 October 1997\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 2
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 김정일
	\| align="center" \| 1941
	\| align="center" \| 2011
	\| align="center" \| 8 October 1997
	\| align="center" \| 17 December 2011
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|8 October 1997\|17 December 2011\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ''Vacant''
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| 17 December 2011
	\| align="center" \| 11 April 2012
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|17 December 2011\|11 April 2012\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| 3
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| 김정은
	\| align="center" \| 1983
	\| align="center" \| {{center\|—}}
	\| align="center" \| 11 April 2012
	\| align="center" \| Incumbent
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|11 April 2012\|sep=and}}
	\|-
	! colspan="9" unsortable \| '''References:'''<br>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=321}}{{sfn\|Yonguso\|1997\|p=668}}<ref name=" first secretary "/>
	\|}

	===By term===
	{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-
	! scope="col" \| Congress
	! scope="col" \| Term
	! scope="col" \| Start
	! scope="col" \| End
	! scope="col" \| Duration
	! scope="col" \| Leader
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| align="center" \| 30 August 1946
	\| align="center" \| 30 March 1948
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|30 August 1946\|30 March 1948\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| rowspan="2" align="center" \| ]
	! rowspan="2" align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| rowspan="2" align="center" \| 30 March 1948
	\| rowspan="2" align="center" \| 24 June 1949
	\| rowspan="2" align="center" \| {{ayd\|30 March 1948\|24 June 1949\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| align="center" \| 29 April 1956
	\| align="center" \| 18 September 1961
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|29 April 1956\|18 September 1961\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| align="center" \| 18 September 1961
	\| align="center" \| 13 November 1970
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|18 September 1961\|13 November 1970\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| align="center" \| 13 November 1970
	\| align="center" \| 14 October 1980
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|13 November 1970\|14 October 1980\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| rowspan="3" align="center" \| ]
	! rowspan="3" align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| rowspan="3" align="center" \| 14 October 1980
	\| rowspan="3" align="center" \| 9 May 2016
	\| rowspan="3" align="center" \| {{ayd\|14 October 1980\|9 May 2016\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| align="center" \| 9 May 2016
	\| align="center" \| 10 January 2021
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|9 May 2016\|10 January 2021\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	\| align="center" \| ]
	! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \| ]
	\| align="center" \| 10 January 2021
	\| align="center" \| Incumbent
	\| align="center" \| {{ayd\|10 January 2021\|sep=and}}
	\| align="center" \| ]
	\|-
	! colspan="6" unsortable \| '''References:'''<br>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=321}}{{sfn\|Yonguso\|1997\|p=668}}<ref name=" first secretary "/><ref name=" chairman "/>{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|pp=316–17}}{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|pp=319–20}}{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=322}}{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=325}}{{sfn\|Suh\|1981\|p=332}}
	\|}

	==See also==
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]

	== Noter ==
	<references group="note"/>

	==References==

	===Footnotes===
	{{Reflist}}

	===Bibliography===
	{{Refbegin}}
	''Books:''
	* {{cite book \|last=Gause \|first=Ken\|chapter=The Role and Influence of the Party Apparatus\|editor1=Park, Kyung-ae \|editor2=Snyder, Scott \|ref=harv\|title=North Korea in Transition: Politics, Economy, and Society\|publisher=] \|year=2013\|isbn=1442218126\|pages=19–46}}
	* {{cite book \| last = Suh \|first=Dae-sook \| ref = CITEREFSuh1981 \| title = Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System \| publisher = ] \| year = 1981 \| isbn = 0-8248-0740-5\| edition = 1st \| pages = }}
	* {{cite book \|last=Yonguso\| first=Pyonghwa Tongil \|ref=CITEREFYŏnʼguso1997 \|title=Korea and the World \|publisher=]. ] \|year=1997 \|isbn= \|edition= }}
	''Journal articles:''
	* {{cite journal \|author1=Chong-sik Lee \| publisher = ] on behalf of the ] \|year= 1963 \|title= Politics in North Korea: Pre-Korean War Stage \|journal=] \|pages=3–16 \| ref = CITEREFLee1963 \| jstor = 651339 }}

	{{Refend}}

	{{WPKHeads}}

	]
	]

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