2nd Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 2nd Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), officially the Political Committee of the 2nd Central Committee (2nd CC), was elected in the immediate aftermath of the 2nd WPK Congress on 30 March 1948 by the 2nd CC's 1st Plenary Session.[1] The composition changed on the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea (WPSK) on 24 June 1953, and was again changed after a purge of WPSK-affiliated communists on 6 August 1953.

It sat until the 3rd Congress, which abolished the Political Committee and elected the 3rd Standing Committee in its place.

1st Plenary Session (1948–49)

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Rank Name Hangul Government posts 1st POL 1949 Faction
1 Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 Old Reelected Yanan
2 Kim Il Sung 김일성 Old Reelected Partisan
3 Ho Ka-i 허가이 Old Reelected Soviet
4 Kim Chaek 김책
New Reelected Partisan
5 Choe Chang-ik 최창익
Old Demoted Yanan
6 Pak Il-u 최창익
New Reelected Yanan
7 Chu Yong-ha 주영하
Old Demoted Domestic
References:
[1]

1st Joint Plenary Session (1949–53)

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Note that Pak Chong-ae was elected to the 2nd Political Committee on 4 November 1951 by the 4th Joint Plenary Session of the 2nd Central Committee.[2]

Rank Name Hangul Government posts 1948 1953 Faction
1 Kim Il Sung 김일성 Old Reelected Partisan
2 Pak Hon-yong 박헌영 WPSK Expelled Domestic
3 Kim Chaek 김책
Old Killed Partisan
4 Pak Il-u 최창익
Old Expelled Yanan
5 Ho Ka-i 허가이
Central
Old Suicide Soviet
6 Yi Sung-yop 이성엽 WPSK Expelled Domestic
7 Kim Sam-yong 김삼룡 WPSK Expelled Domestic
8 Kim Tu-bong 김두봉
Old Reelected Yanan
9 Ho Hon 허헌
WPSK Died Domestic
10 Pak Chong-ae 박정애
New Reelected Soviet
References:
[3]

6th Joint Plenary Session (1953–56)

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Rank Name Hangul Government posts 1953 3rd STC Faction
1 Kim Il Sung 김일성 Old Reelected Partisan
2 Kim Tu-bong 김두봉
Old Reelected Yanan
3 Pak Chong-ae 박정애 Old Reelected Soviet
4 Pak Chang-ok 박창옥 New Demoted Soviet
5 Kim Il 김일 New Reelected Partisan
References:
[4]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Suh 1981, p. 319.
  2. ^ Suh 1981, p. 359.
  3. ^ Suh 1981, p. 321–2.
  4. ^ Suh 1981, p. 322.

Bibliography

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  • Lankov, Andrey (2002). From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3117-5.
  • Scalapino, Robert; Lee, Chong-sik (1972). Communism in Korea: The Movement. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02080-1.
  • Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.