General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
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Prior to 1966 the leader of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was the Chairman of the Central Committee. Since 1966, the year a party congress reformed the structure of the Party, the Central Committee has elected a leader called the General Secretary.

Communist Party of Korea

General Secretary of the Central Committee

Name	Term	Life span
Kim Il-Sung	30 June 1925 – 30 June 1949	15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994 (aged 82)

Workers' Party of Korea

Chairman of the Central Committee

Name	Term	Life span
Kim Il-Sung	30 June 1949 - 11 October 1966	15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994 (aged 82)

General Secretaries of the Central Committee

Name	Term	Life span
Kim Il-Sung	12 October 1966 – 8 July 1994	15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994 (aged 82)
Kim Jong-Il	8 October 1997 – present	16 February 1941 – present (aged 70)
Kim Jong-un		January 8, 1983 (age 28)