6th Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 6th Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)(6차 조선로동당 비서국), officially the Secretariat of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 6th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 6th WPK Congress.

Membership

1st Plenary Session

#	Secretariat members
1.	‡Kim Il Sung
2.	‡Kim Jong Il
3.	Kim Jung-rin
4.	Kim Yong-nam
5.	Kim Hwan
6.	Yon Hyong-muk
7.	Yun Gi-bok
8.	Hong Si-hak
9.	Hwang Jang-yop
Symbol	Meaning
‡	Members of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea

September 2010–April 2012

Kim Jong Il
Kim Ki-nam
Choe Thae-bok
Choe Ryong-hae
Mun Kyong-dok
Pak To-chun
Kim Yong-il
Kim Yang-gon
Kim Phyong-hae
Thae Jong-su
Hong Sok-hyong

Add-ons

Kim Kyong-hui^[1]
Kwak Pom-gi^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Members of WPK Central Guidance Body Elected to Fill Vacancies, Elected and Appointed". Korean Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

References

Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. pp. 332–36. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.

Workers' Party of Korea

Central Committee

Leaders	Pak Hon-yong (1945) Kim Yong-bom (1945) Kim Il Sung (1945–1946) Kim Tu-bong (1946–1949) Kim Il Sung (1949–1994) Vacant (1994–1997) Kim Jong Il (1997–2011) Vacant (2011–2012) Kim Jong Un (2012–present)
Decision-making bodies	Presidium Politburo (General Secretary and Secretary) Secretariat Central Military Commission Central Auditing Commission
Departments and offices	Organisation and Guidance Department Propaganda and Agitation Department Cadres Department Light Industry Department Economic Affairs Science and Education Department International Department Military Department Machine-Building Industry Working Organisation Department Agriculture Department Party History Institute Document Archives Civil Defense Department Appeals Office Finance Accounting Department General Affairs Department United Front Department Office 39
Publications	Rodong Sinmun Kulloja

National meetings

Congress	CPK / CPSK (1945) WPNK / WPSK (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd (1956) 4th (1961) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Conference	1st (1958) [ko] 2nd (1966) 3rd (2010) 4th (2012)
CC plenums	1st Joint Plenum, 2nd CC (1949) 12th Plenum, 2nd CC (1953) 2nd Plenum, 3rd CC (1956) 14th Plenum, 4th CC (1966) 15th Plenum, 4th CC (1967)

Leadership sittings

Presidium	1st WPNK / WPSK (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd—none (1956) 4th (1961) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Politburo	CPK (1945) NKBB (1945) 1st WPNK / WPSK (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd (1956) 4th (1961) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Secretariat	CPK (1945) 4th (1966) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Central Committee	CPK (1945) NKBB (1945) 1st WPNK / WPSK (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd (1956) 4th (1961) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Auditing Commission	1st WPNK / WPSK (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd (1956) 4th (1961) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Military Commission	4th (1962) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Control Commission	1st WPNK / WPSK (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd (1956) 4th (1961) 5th (1970) 6th (1980) 7th (2016)
Organisation Committee	CPK (1945) 1st (1946) 2nd (1948) 3rd (1956)