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Press Release of 5th Plenum of 8th C.C., WPK Issued

Date: 11/06/2022 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

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Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Members and alternate members of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK by-elected at the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 8th WPK Central Committee are as follows:

Members of the WPK Central Committee;

Pak Ji Min, Pak Su Il, Choe Son Hui, Jo Chun Ryong, Pak Hui Chol, Kim In Chol, Ri Chang Dae and Han Kwang Sang

Alternate members of the C.C., WPK;

Jang Chang Min, Kim Sun Chol, Sin Chang Nam, Ma Hyok Chol, Pak Hyong Ryol, Kwak Jong Jun, Ri Tu Il, Kim Tu Il, Kwak Yong Ho, Ryo Chol Ung, An Yong Hwan and Jon Sung Guk

Members of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK;

Jon Hyon Chol, Ri Thae Sop and Pak Thae Song

Alternate members of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK; Jo Chun Ryong, Pak Su Il, Ri Chang Dae, Choe Son Hui and Han Kwang Sang

Secretaries of the WPK Central Committee elected at the 5th Plenum of the 8th WPK Central Committee are:

Kim Jae Ryong, Jon Hyon Chol and Pak Thae Song

Members of the WPK Central Military Commission by-elected at the 5th Plenum of the 8th WPK Central Committee are:

Ri Thae Sop, Jo Kyong Chol, Pak Su Il and Ri Chang Ho

Department directors of the WPK Central Committee appointed at the 5th Plenum of the 8th WPK Central Committee are:

Jo Yong Won, Jo Chun Ryong, Jon Hyon Chol, Ri Chung Gil, Ri Son Gwon and Han Kwang Sang

The chairman and member of the WPK Central Auditing Commission by-elected at the 5th Plenum of the 8th WPK Central Committee are:

Chairman Kim Jae Ryong and member Kim In Chol

Cadres of the government organs appointed at the 5th Plenum of the 8th WPK Central Committee are:

Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Jon Sung Guk, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, Minister of Food Industry Pak Hyong Ryol, Minister of Commerce Kwak Jong Jun, Chairman of the State Commission of Science and Technology Ri Tu Il and Director of the Political Bureau of the Cabinet and concurrently Chief Secretary of its Party Committee Kim Tu Il

Commanding officials of the armed forces organs, appointed at the 5th Plenum of the 8th WPK Central Committee after approving a regulatory assignment plan presented by the WPK Central Military Commission, are:

Army General Ri Thae Sop, chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA) General Staff, Army Gen. Jong Kyong Thaek, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, General of the Public Security Forces Pak Su Il, minister of Public Security, and Army Col. General Ri Chang Dae, minister of State Security. -0-

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