The 7th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), officially the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (), was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee, in the immediate aftermath of the 7th WPK Congress. The composition of the 7th Politburo was changed on several occasions by plenary sessions of the 7th WPK Central Committee.
Meetings
Meeting: 9 April 2018 Enlarged Meeting: 9 April 2019 Enlarged Meeting: 28 February 2020 Meeting: 11 April 2020 13th Meeting: 6–7 June 2020 14th Enlarged Meeting: 2 July 2020 Enlarged Emergency Meeting: 25 July 2020 16th Meeting: 13 August 2020 17th Meeting: 25 August 2020 18th Meeting: 29 September 2020 19th Meeting: 5 October 2020 20th Enlarged Meeting: 15 November 2020 21st Enlarged Meeting: 29 November 2020 22nd Meeting: 29 December 2020
Composition
Members The following were elected as members of the 7th Politburo.
The names of members are listed according to the order of their election at the 1st plenary meeting of the 7th Central Committee. Members who have an en dash (—) in the Rank column were by-elected during the term of the 7th Central Committee. RankNameKorean6th8th1김정은MemberMember2Kim Yong-nam김영남MemberNo3Hwang Pyong-so황병서MemberNo4Pak Pong-ju박봉주MemberNo5Choe Ryong-hae최룡해MemberMember6Kim Ki-nam김기남MemberNo7Choe Thae-bok최태복MemberNo8Ri Su-yong리수용NoNo9Kim Phyong-hae김평해AlternateNo10O Su-yong오수용MemberMember11Kwak Pom-gi곽범기MemberNo12Kim Yong-chol김영철NoMember13Ri Man-gon리만건NoNo14Yang Hyong-sop양형섭MemberNo15Ro Tu-chol로두철AlternateNo16Pak Yong-sik박영식NoNo17Ri Myong-su리명수MemberNo18Kim Won-hong김원홍MemberNo19Choe Pu-il최부일AlternateNo—Pak Kwang-ho박광호NoNo—Pak Thae-song박태성NoMember—Thae Jong-su태종수NoNo—An Jong-su안정수NoNo—Ri Yong-ho리용호NoNo—Kim Jong-gak김정각NoNo—Kim Jae-ryong김재룡NoMember—Choe Hwi최휘NoNo—Pak Thae-dok박태덕NoAlternate—Kim Su-gil김수길NoNo—Thae Hyong-chol태형철NoAlternate—Jong Kyong-thaek정경택NoMember—Ri Il-hwan리일환NoMember—Ri Pyong-chol리병철NoMember—Kim Tok-hun김덕훈NoMember—Pak Jong-chon박정천NoMember
Alternate members The following were elected as alternate members of the 7th Politburo.
The names of alternate members are listed according to the order of their election at the 1st plenary meeting of the 7th Central Committee. Alternate members who have an en dash (—) in the Rank column were by-elected during the term of the 7th Central Committee. RankNameKorean6th8th1Kim Su-gil김수길NoNo2Kim Nung-o김능오NoNo3Pak Thae-song박태성NoMember4Ri Yong-ho리용호NoNo5Im Chol-ung임철웅NoNo6Jo Yon-jun조연준AlternateNo7Ri Pyong-chol리병철NoMember8No Kwang-chol노광철NoNo9Ri Yong-gil리영길AlternateMember—Ri Man-gon리만건NoNo—Choe Hwi최휘NoNo—Pak Thae-dok박태덕NoAlternate—Kim Yo Jong김여정NoNo—Jong Kyong-thaek정경택NoMember—Jo Yong-won조용원NoMember—Kim Tok-hun김덕훈NoMember—Ri Ryong-nam리룡남NoNo—Pak Jong-nam박정남NoNo—Ri Hi-yong리히용NoNo—Jo Chun-ryong조춘룡NoNo—Kim Jong-gwan김정관NoMember—Pak Jong-chon박정천NoMember—Kim Hyong-jun김형준NoNo—Ho Chol-man허철만NoAlternate—Ri Ho-rim리호림NoNo—Kim Il-chol김일철NoNo—Ri Son-gwon리선권NoAlternate—Kim Yong-hwan김영환NoAlternate—Pak Myong-sun박명순NoAlternate—Jon Kwang-ho전광호NoNo
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