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8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea

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The 8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea ({{Korean|hangul=제 8차 조선로동당 중앙 군사위원회}}), officially the Central Military Commission of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th WPK Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the party's 8th Congress on 10 January 2021.{{cite news | url = https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610325170-380910593/sixth-day-sitting-of-8th-wpk-congress-held/ | title = Sixth-Day Sitting of 8th WPK Congress Held | publisher = Korean Central News Agency | via = Kim Il Sung – Kim Jong Il Foundation | date = 11 January 2021 | accessdate = 10 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610152423/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610325170-380910593/sixth-day-sitting-of-8th-wpk-congress-held/ | archive-date = 10 June 2021 }} It is composed of one chairman, one vice chairmen and eleven ordinary members.{{Cite web | via = KCNA Watch | title = Press release of First Plenary Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Committee issued | work = Pyongyang Times | agency = Korean Central News Agency | date = 11 January 2021 | access-date = 7 February 2021 | url = https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610359264-9301364/press-release-of-first-plenary-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-committee-issued/ | archive-date = 8 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210208094552/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610359264-9301364/press-release-of-first-plenary-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-committee-issued/ }}

Meetings

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scope="col" | Plenum

! scope="col" | Start–end

! scope="col" | Length

scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 1st Enlarged Session{{cite news | url = https://www.nknews.org/2021/02/kim-jong-un-demands-moral-discipline-of-military-officials-oversees-reshuffle/ | title = Kim Jong Un demands 'moral discipline' of military officials, oversees reshuffle | author = Kim, Jeongmin | publisher = NK News | via = | date = 24 February 2021 | accessdate = 11 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210301175720/https://www.nknews.org/2021/02/kim-jong-un-demands-moral-discipline-of-military-officials-oversees-reshuffle/ | archive-date = 1 March 2021 }}

| 24 February 2021

| 1 day

scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 2nd Enlarged Session{{cite news | url = https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/kim-jong-un-stresses-national-defense-in-meeting-with-top-military-officials/ | title = Kim Jong Un stresses national defense in meeting with top military officials | editor = Betts, Bryan | author = Kim, Jeongmin | publisher = NK News | via = | date = 11 June 2021 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210612030640/https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/kim-jong-un-stresses-national-defense-in-meeting-with-top-military-officials/ | archive-date = 12 June 2021 }}

| 11 June 2021

| 1 day

scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 3rd Enlarged Session{{cite news | url = https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/kim-jong-un-convenes-3rd-enlarged-meeting-of-wpks-military-commission/| title = Kim Jong Un Convenes 3rd Enlarged Meeting of WPK's Military Commission | editor = | author =Mitch Shin | publisher = The Diplomat | via = | date = 22 June 2022 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}

| 22 June 2022

| 1 day

scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 6th Enlarged Session{{cite news | url = https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/north-korean-leader-guides-central-military-commission-meeting/| title = North Korean Leader Guides Central Military Commission Meeting | editor = | author =Mitch Shin | publisher = The Diplomat | via = | date = 11 April 2023 | accessdate = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}

| 10 April 2023

| 1 day

scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 7th Enlarged Session{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreans-kim-calls-better-war-preparations-kcna-2023-08-09/| title = North Korea's Kim dismisses top general, calls for war preparations | editor = | author =Hyunsu Yim| publisher = Reuters | via = | date = 10 August 2023 | accessdate = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}

| 9 August 2023

| 1 day

Officers

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Title

! Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Korean

! Birth

! Gender

align="left" | Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Jong Un

| 김정은

| 1982

| Male

Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ri Yong-gil

|리영길

|1955

|Male

align="left" | Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ri Pyong-chol

| 리병철

| 1948

| Male

Members

class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Military rank

! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Korean

! scope="col" | 7th CMC

! scope="col" | Birth

! scope="col" | Gender

1

| align="left" | Marshal of the DPRK

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Jong Un

| 김정은

| bgcolor = Salmon | {{abbr|Old|Member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1982

| Male

2

| align="left" | Marshal of the Korean People's Army

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ri Pyong-chol

| 리병철

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1948

| Male

3

| align="left" | Colonel General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Jo Yong-won

| 조용원

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1957

| Male

4

| align="left" | Colonel General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | O Il-jong

| 오일정

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1954

| Male

5

| align="left" | —

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Jo-guk

| 김조국

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| ?

| Male

6

| align="left" | Lieutenant General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kang Sun-nam

| 강순남

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

|

| Male

7

| align="left" | —

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | O Su-yong

| 오수용

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1944

| Male

8

| align="left" | Marshal of the Korean People's Army

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Pak Jong-chon

| 박정천

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| ?

| Male

9

| align="left" | Colonel General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kwon Yong-jin

| 권영진

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| ?

| Male

10

| align="left" | Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Kim Jong-gwan

| 김정관

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| ?

| Male

11

| align="left" | Colonel General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Jong Kyong-thaek

| 정경택

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1961

| Male

12

| align="left" | General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Ri Yong-gil

| 리영길

| bgcolor = Salmon | {{abbr|Old|Member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1955

| Male

13

| align="left" | General

! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | Rim Kwang-il

| 림광일

| bgcolor = LightGreen | {{abbr|New|Not a member of the 7th Central Military Commission.}}

| 1965

| Male

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