The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Korea (CPK) (조선공산당 중앙위원회) was elected by the party congress on 14 September 1945,[1] and remained in session until the formation the Workers' Party of South Korea and its Central Committee on 24 November 1946.[2] In between party congresses the Central Committee was the highest decision-making institution in the CPK.[3] The Central Committee was not a permanent institution and delegated day-to-day work to elected bodies, such as the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organisational Bureau in the case of this Central Committee.[4][5] It convened meetings, known as "Plenary Session of the [term] Central Committee", to discuss major policies.[6] A plenary session could be attended by non-members.[6] These meetings were known as "Enlarged Plenary Session".[6]
When the North Korean Branch Bureau declared independence from the CPK under the name Communist Party of North Korea, the CPK changed its name as well, into the Communist Party of South Korea.
Meetings
- 16 August 1945[7]
- 20 August 1945[7]
- 8 September 1945[7]
- 11–14 September 1945; party Congress.[7]
- No data available for meetings between 14 September 1945 – 4 September 1946.[7]
- 14 September 1946: preparatory meeting with the People's Party and the New Democratic Party to form the Workers' Party of South Korea.[7]
Members
| Rank | Name | Hangul | Posts | WPNK | WPSK | Inner-composition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL | ORG | SEC | ||||||
| 1 | Pak Hon-yong | 박헌영 | Chairman of the CPK Central Committee | — | Elected | Member | Member | — |
| 2 | Kim Il Sung | 허헌 | — | Elected | — | Member | — | — |
| 3 | Yi Chu-ha | 이주하 | — | — | Elected | Member | — | Member |
| 4 | Mu Chong | 무정 | — | Elected | — | Member | — | — |
| 5 | Kang Chin | 강진 | — | — | — | Member | — | — |
| 6 | Choe Chang-ik | 최창익 | — | Elected | — | Member | — | — |
| 7 | Ri Sung-yop | 리승엽 | — | — | Elected | Member | — | — |
| 8 | Kwon O-chik | 권오직 | — | — | — | Member | — | — |
| 9 | Yi Hyon-sang | 이현상 | — | — | Elected | — | Member | — |
| 10 | Kim Sam-yong | 김삼룡 | — | — | Elected | — | Member | — |
| 11 | Kim Hyung-sun | 김형선 | — | — | — | — | Member | — |
| 12 | Ho Song-taek | 허성택 | — | — | Elected | — | — | Member |
| 13 | Kim Tae-jun | 김태준 | — | — | Elected | — | — | Member |
| 14 | Yi Ku-hun | 이구훈 | — | — | — | — | — | Member |
| 15 | Yi Sun-gun | 이순금 | — | Elected | — | — | — | Member |
| 16 | Kang Mun-sok | 강문석 | — | — | Elected | — | — | Member |
| 17 | Park Chang-bin | 박창빈 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Choe Yong-gon | 최용건 | — | Elected | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Hong Nam-pyo | 박창빈 | — | — | Elected | — | — | — |
| 20 | Yi Chu-sang | 이주상 | — | — | Elected | — | — | — |
| 21 | So Chung-sok | 서중석 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Yi In-tong | 이인동 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Cho Pok-rye | 조복례 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Pak Kwang-hui | 박광희 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Kim Chom-kwon | 김점권 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Kim Yong-bom | 김용범 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Hong To-kyu | 홍덕유 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Chu Cha-pok | 주자복 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Mun Kap-song | 문갑송 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Kim Kun | 김근 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | O Ki-sop | 오기섭 | — | Elected | — | — | — | — |
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Scalapino, Robert; Lee, Chong-sik (1972). Communism in Korea: The Movement. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02080-1.
- Suh, Dae-sook (1988). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.