3rd Standing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 3rd Standing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) ({{langx|ko|3차 조선로동당 상임위원회}}), officially the Standing Committee of the 3rd Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 3rd Central Committee on 29 April 1956.{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=322}}

Members

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Hangul

! Office

! 2nd STC

! 4th POL

align="center" | 1

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

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

| Chairman of the WPK Central Committee

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

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

align="center" | 2

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

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

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

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

align="center" | 3

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

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

| {{center|—}}

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

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

align="center" | 4

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

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

| Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee

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

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

align="center" | 5

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

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

| Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee

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

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

align="center" | 6

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

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

| Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee

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

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

align="center" | 7

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

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

| {{center|—}}

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

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

align="center" | 8

! 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: Salmon" align="center" | Expelled

align="center" | 9

! 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" | Elected

align="center" | 10

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

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

| {{center|—}}

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

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

align="center" | 11

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

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

| {{center|—}}

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

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

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References

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Books:

  • {{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}}

Dissertations:

  • {{cite thesis |author1=Paik|first= Hak Soon |date=1993|title= North Korean State Formation, 1945–1950 | publisher = University of Pennsylvania |url = https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI9413886/ }}

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