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2nd Standing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 2nd Standing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), officially the Standing 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.{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=319}} The composition changed on the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea (WPSK) on 24 June 1949, and was again changed after a purge of WPSK-affiliated communists on 6 August 1953.

It sat until the 3rd Congress when it was replaced by the 3rd Standing Committee.

1st Plenary Session (1948–49)

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! class="unsortable" | Hangul

! Government posts

! 1st POL

! 1949

! Faction

align="center" | 1

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Tu-bong

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김두봉

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| Central

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| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Yanan

align="center" | 2

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Il Sung

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김일성

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| Central

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}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 3

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ho Ka-i

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 허가이

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| Central

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}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| data-sort-value="1" align="center" style="background: YellowGreen" | Died

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 4

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Chaek

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김책

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| data-sort-value="1" align="center" style="background: YellowGreen" | Died

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 5

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Choe Chang-ik

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 최창익

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Yanan

align="center" | 6

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Il-u

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 최창익

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Yanan

align="center" | 7

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Chong-ae

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 박정애

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 8

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Chang-ok

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 박창옥

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 9

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Il

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김일

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 10

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Chae-uk

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김채욱

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 11

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Chin Pan-su

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 진판수

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 12

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ki Sok-bok

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 기석복

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 13

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Chong Chun-taek

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 종춘택

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 14

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Jong Il-ryong

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 종일용

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 15

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Chu Yong-ha

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 주영하

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Domestic

align="center" | 16

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Yol

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김열

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 17

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Yong-son

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 박용손

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

colspan="7" unsortable | References:
{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=319}}

6th Joint Plenary Session (1953–56)

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! class="unsortable" | Hangul

! Government posts

! 1953

! 3rd STC

! Faction

align="center" | 1

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Il Sung

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김일성

| {{show

| Central

|

}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 2

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Tu-bong

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김두봉

| {{show

| Central

|

}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Yanan

align="center" | 3

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Chong-ae

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 박정애

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 4

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Yong-bin

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 박용빈

| {{show

| Central

|

}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 5

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Choe Won-taek

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 최원택

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 6

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Choe Chang-ik

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 최창익

| {{center|—}}

| style="background: Salmon" align="center" | Old

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Yanan

align="center" | 7

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Jong Il-ryong

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 종일용

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 8

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Hwang-il

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김황일

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 9

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kang Mun-sok

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 강문석

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Domestic

align="center" | 10

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Sung-hwa

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김성화

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| style="background: PeachPuff" align="center" | Demoted

| align="center" | Soviet

align="center" | 11

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Kwang-hyop

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 김광협

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 12

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Kum-chol

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 박금철

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Partisan

align="center" | 13

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Nam Il

! align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 남일

| {{center|—}}

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | New

| align="center" style="background: GreenYellow" | Reelected

| align="center" | Soviet

colspan="7" unsortable | References:
{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=322}}

References

=Citations=

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=Bibliography=

  • {{Cite book |author=Lankov, Andrey |title=From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=2002|isbn=978-0-8135-3117-5 |ref=CITEREFLankov2002}}
  • {{Cite book |author=Scalapino, Robert |author2=Lee, Chong-sik |url=https://archive.org/details/communisminkorea0000scal/page/72/mode/2up |title=Communism in Korea: The Movement |publisher=University of California Press |year=1972|isbn=978-0-520-02080-1 |ref=CITEREFScalapinoLee1972}}
  • {{cite book | author = Suh, Dae-sook | ref = CITEREFSuh1981 | title = Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System | publisher = University Press of Hawaii | year = 1981 | isbn = 0-8248-0740-5| edition = 1st | pages = }}

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