General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

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The General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea is the top leadership post in North Korea's ruling party, typically held by the country's supreme leader and central to its one-party political system.


Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
appliesToOrganization Workers' Party of Korea
associatedWithIdeology Juche
Juche
surface form: Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism

Songun
controls overall direction of the Workers' Party of Korea
party appointments in North Korea
party policy in North Korea
country North Korea
deFactoRole supreme leader of North Korea
hasAuthorityOver Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea
Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea

Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea
hasDeFactoPowerOver North Korean economy
North Korean political system
surface form: North Korean government

North Korean mass organizations
North Korean media
hasJurisdiction Workers' Party of Korea
hasStyleOfAddress Comrade General Secretary
influences foreign policy of North Korea
military policy of North Korea
state policy of North Korea
isCentralTo North Korean personality cult system
North Korean propaganda system
isComparableTo general secretary of a communist party
party leader in other one‑party socialist states
isCoreNodeIn North Korean decision‑making system
State Affairs Commission of North Korea
surface form: North Korean power hierarchy
isElectedBy Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee

Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Workers' Party of Korea Congress
isKeyPostIn North Korean leadership structure
North Korean one‑party rule
isLinkedTo control of the Korean People's Army through party organs
control of the security apparatus through party organs
isTopPositionIn Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: North Korea's ruling party

Workers' Party of Korea
isUsuallyHeldBy Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea
North Korean head of state or top leader
partOf North Korean political system
one‑party system of North Korea
symbolizes centralized party leadership in North Korea
supreme authority within the Workers' Party of Korea
typicalOfficeHolder supreme leader of North Korea

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Workers' Party of Korea hasPosition General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Workers' Party of Korea hasPosition General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
Kim Il Sung positionHeld General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Kim Jong Il positionHeld General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Supreme Leader of North Korea
Kim Jong Il positionHeld General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Kim Jong Un positionHeld General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Kim Jong Un positionHeld General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
Kim Jong Un positionHeld General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
this entity surface form: First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea