6th Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea

The following were the members of the 6th Presidium throughout its term.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The following were elected as members of the 6th Presidium at the 1st Plenary Meeting of the 6th Central Committee on 14 October 1980.^[1][2]

Rank	Name	Korean	5th PC[a]	2010[b]	7th Pres[c]
1	Kim Il Sung[d]	김일성	Yes	No	No
2	Kim Il[e]	김일	Yes	No	No
3	O Jin-u[f]	오진우	Yes	No	No
4	Kim Jong Il	김정일	Yes	Yes	No
5	Ri Jong-ok[g]	리종옥	No	No	No

The following were elected as members of the 6th Presidium at the plenary meeting of the 6th Central Committee on 28 September 2010.^[1][3][4][5]

Members who have an en dash (—) in the Rank column were elected during the term of the 6th Central Committee.

Rank	Name	Korean	5th PC[h]	1980[i]	7th Pres[j]
1	Kim Jong Il[k]	김정일	Yes	Yes	No
2	Kim Yong-nam	김영남	No	No	Yes
3	Choe Yong-rim[l]	최영림	No	No	No
4	Jo Myong-rok[m]	조명록	No	No	No
5	Ri Yong-ho[n]	리영호	No	No	No
—	Kim Jong Un[o]	김정은	No	No	Yes
—	Choe Ryong-hae[p]	최룡해	No	No	Yes
—	Hwang Pyong-so[q]	황병서	No	No	Yes

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.