5th Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea

Rank	Name	Hangul	4th SEC	6th SEC	Left office	Duration	Positions
1	Kim Il Sung	김일성	Old	Reelected	14 October 1980	9 years and 336 days	General Secretary of the WPK Central Committee
2	Choe Yong-gon	최용건	Old	Dead	19 September 1976	5 years and 311 days	—
3	Kim Il	김일	Old	Demoted	14 October 1980	9 years and 336 days	—
4	Kim Yong-ju	김영주	Old	Removed	13 February 1974	3 years and 92 days	—
5	O Jin-u	오진우	New	Demoted	14 October 1980	9 years and 336 days	—
6	Kim Tong-gyu	김동규	New	Purged	13 December 1977	7 years and 30 days	—
7	Kim Chung-nin	김중린	Old	Reelected	14 October 1980	9 years and 336 days	—
8	Han Ik-su	한익수	New	Dead	5 September 1978	7 years and 296 days	—
9	Hyon Mu-gwang	현무광	New	Demoted	14 October 1980	9 years and 336 days	—
10	Yang Hyong-sop	양형섭	Old	Demoted	14 October 1980	9 years and 336 days	—
References: [1][2][3]

Name	Hangul	6th SEC	Took office	Left office	Duration	Positions
Kim Jong Il	김정일	Reelected	17 September 1973	14 October 1980	7 years and 27 days	—
Hwang Jang-yop	황장엽	Reelected	2 December 1979	14 October 1980	317 days	—

Books:

• Lankov, Andrey (2002). From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3117-5.
• Scalapino, Robert; Lee, Chong-sik (1972). Communism in Korea: The Movement. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02080-1.
• Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.

Dissertations:

• Paik, Hak Soon (1993). North Korean State Formation, 1945–1950 (Thesis). University of Pennsylvania.