General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea 조선로동당 총비서
Emblem of the WPK leader
Emblem of the Workers' Party of Korea
Incumbent Kim Jong-un since 10 January 2021
Workers' Party of Korea
Style	Comrade (Hangul: 동지; Hanja: 同志)
Type	Party leader Supreme leader
Residence	Forbidden City
Seat	Pyongyang
Nominator	WPK Congress
Appointer	WPK Congress
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	WPK Charter
Inaugural holder	Kim Tu-bong
Formation	12 October 1966

The General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (Korean: 조선로동당 총비서) is the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party in North Korea and typically the supreme leader of North Korea.^[1][2]

The office of WPK Chairman was abolished on 12 October 1966 and replaced with the office of General Secretary by a decision of the 14th Plenary Session of the 4th Central Committee. At the 8th WPK Congress in 2021, where the WPK Chairman was abolished and replaced by the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.^[3]

The current General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea is Kim Jong-un, who took office on 10 January 2021.

1. ↑ Madden, Michael (2 February 2012). "4th Party Conference To Convene in "mid-April"". North Korea Leadership Watch. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. ↑ Madden, Michael. "Party Secretariat". North Korea Leadership Watch. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
3. ↑ Ruediger, Frank (19 January 2021). "Key Results of The Eighth Party Congress in North Korea (Part 2 of 2)". 38 North. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.