The 8th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, officially the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (), was elected on 11 January 2021 by the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee during the 8th WPK Congress.
Meetings
1st Meeting: 4 June 2021 2nd Enlarged Meeting: 29 June 2021 3rd Enlarged Meeting: 2 September 2021 5th Meeting: 1 December 2021 6th Meeting: 19 January 2022 8th Meeting: 12 May 2022 Consultative Meeting: 14 May 2022 Consultative Meeting: 15 May 2022 Consultative Meeting: 21 May 2022 Consultative Meeting: 29 May 2022 9th Meeting: 7 June 2022 10th Meeting: 25 September 2022 11th Meeting: 30 November 2022 12th Meeting: 30 December 2022 13th Meeting: 5 February 2023 14th Meeting: 1 March 2023 15th Meeting: 18 June 2023 16th Meeting: 20 September 2023 17th Meeting: 1 December 2023 18th Meeting: 30 December 2023 19th Enlarged Meeting: 23–24 January 2024 20th Meeting: 24 May 2024 21st Meeting: 1 July 2024 22nd Emergency Enlarged Meeting: 29–30 July 2024 24th Meeting: 27 December 2024 25th Meeting: 23 June 2025 27th Meeting: 7 February 2026
Composition
Members The following were elected as members of the 8th Politburo.
The names of members are listed according to the order of their election at the 1st plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee. Members who have an en dash (—) in the Rank column were by-elected during the term of the 8th Central Committee. RankNameKorean7th9th1김정은MemberMember2Choe Ryong-hae최룡해MemberNo3Ri Pyong-chol리병철MemberNo4Kim Tok-hun김덕훈MemberMember5Jo Yong-won조용원AlternateMember6Pak Thae-song박태성NoMember7Pak Jong-chon박정천MemberNo8Jong Sang-hak정상학NoNo9Ri Il-hwan리일환MemberMember10Kim Tu-il김두일NoNo11Choe Sang-gon최상건NoNo12Kim Jae-ryong김재룡MemberMember13O Il-jong오일정NoNo14Kim Yong-chol김영철MemberNo15O Su-yong오수용MemberNo16Kwon Yong-jin권영진NoNo17Kim Jong-gwan김정관AlternateMember18Jong Kyong-thaek정경택AlternateMember19Ri Yong-gil리영길NoAlternate—Ri Son-gwon리선권AlternateNo—Thae Hyong-chol태형철MemberNo—Pak Jong-gun박정근NoMember—Jon Hyon-chol전현철NoAlternate—Ri Thae-sop리태섭NoNo—Pak Su-il박수일NoNo—Kang Sun-nam강순남NoNo—Jo Chun-ryong조춘룡NoMember—Choe Son-hui최선희NoMember—No Kwang-chol노광철NoMember—Ri Hi-yong리히용AlternateMember—Choe Tong-myong최동명NoNo
Alternate members The following were elected as alternate members of the 8th Politburo.
The names of alternate members are listed according to the order of their election at the 1st plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee. Members who have an en dash (—) in the Rank column were by-elected during the term of the 8th Central Committee. RankNameKorean7th9th1Pak Thae-dok박태덕MemberNo2Pak Myong-sun박명순AlternateNo3Ho Chol-man허철만AlternateNo4Ri Chol-man리철만NoAlternate5Kim Hyong-sik김형식NoNo6Thae Hyong-chol태형철MemberNo7Kim Yong-hwan김영환AlternateNo8Pak Jong-gun박정근NoMember9Yang Sung-ho양승호NoNo10Jon Hyon-chol전현철NoMember11Ri Son-gwon리선권AlternateNo—Kim Song-nam김성남NoMember—U Sang-chol우상철NoNo—Ju Chol-gyu주철규NoAlternate—Yu Jin유진NoNo—Rim Kwang-il림광일NoNo—Jang Jong-nam장정남NoNo—Ri Thae-sop리태섭NoNo—O Il-jong오일정NoNo—Jo Chun-ryong조춘룡NoMember—Pak Su-il박수일NoNo—Ri Chang-dae리창대NoAlternate—Choe Son-hui최선희NoMember—Han Kwang-sang한광상NoAlternate—Ju Chang-il주창일NoMember—Ri Hi-yong리히용AlternateMember—Kim Su-gil김수길MemberNo—Kim Sang-gon김상건NoNo—Kang Sun-nam강순남NoNo—Kim Yong-chol김영철MemberNo—Ri Yong-gil리영길NoAlternate—Kim Chol-sam김철삼NoNo—Pang Tu-sop방두섭NoAlternate—Kim Chol-won김철원NoAlternate
References
External links Press release of First Plenary Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Committee issued