Organizational Chart of
North Korean Leadership
(As of August 2016)
Political and Military Analysis Division
Intelligence and Analysis Bureau
Party Organs
Government Organs
※ This leadership chart has been compiled based on the outcome of the 7th Party Congress(held on May 6th~9th, 2016).
※ ­This leadership chart has been compiled based on the outcome of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly's 4th plenary
meeting (held on June 29th, 2016)
elected on June 29th, 2016
Workers' Party of Korea
2
State Affairs Commission(12)
Chairman (Kim Jong Un)
1
Chairman (Kim Jong Un)
Select
1
* 1st : ’45.10.10~13 2nd : ’48.3.27~30 3rd : ’56.4.23~28
4th : ’61.9.11~18 5th : ’70.11.2~13 6th : ’80.10.10~14
7th ’16.5.6~9
Party Congress *
( Conference of Party Representatives** )
Elect
**1st : ’58.3.3~6
3rd : ’10.9.28
Choe Ryong Hae
■Members (8)
Kim Ki Nam
Ri Su Yong
Ri Man Kon
Kim Won Hong Choe Pu Il
Ri Yong Ho
Pak Yong Sik
Kim Yong Chol
Party Central Military Commission(12)
Organize
Elect
Kim Jong Un
Political Bureau(28)
■ Members (11)
■ Presidium (5)
Hwang Pyong So Pak Pong Ju
Pak Yong Sik
Ri Myong Su
Kim Yong Chol
Ri Man Kon
Kim Won Hong
Choe Pu Il
Kim Kyong Ok
Ri Yong Gil
Elect
Executive Policy Bureau(10)
■ Chairman of the WPK
Kim Jong Un
Kim Yong Nam
Hwang Pyong So Pak Pong Ju
Choe Ryong Hae
■ Members (14)
Kim Ki Nam
So Hong Chan
4
Party Central Auditing Commission(15)
■ Chairman
Ri Su Yong
■ Vice-Chairmen of the Party Central Committee(9)
Choe Ryong Hae
Kim Ki Nam
Choe Thae Bok
Ri Su Yong
Choe Thae Bok
Kim Phyong Hae O Su Yong
Kim Phyong Hae
Kwak Pom Gi O Su Yong
Kwak Pom Gi
Kim Yong Chol
Ri Man Kon
Yang Hyong Sop
Ro Tu Chol
Pak Yong Sik
Ri Myong Su
Kim Won Hong
Choe Pu Il
Ri Man Kon
■ Chairman
Elect
Kim Yong Chol
Control Commission(7)
Ri Yong Ho
Im Chol Ung Jo Yon Jun
Ri Pyong Chol
No Kwang Chol
Pak Myong Sun
Military
Department
Party History
Institute
Kim Jong Im
Document Archive
Jong Myong Hak
■ Vice-Chairman
Ri Tuk Nam
■ Members (4)
Finance Accounting
Department
General Affairs
Department
Kim Jung Hyop
Working Organization Machine-Building Agriculture Department
Department
Industry Department
(presumed)
Ri Man Kon
Ri Il Hwan
Ri Chol Man
United Front
Department
Kim Yong Chol
Office No 39
Appeals Office
Jon Il Chun
* ­Further confirmation is needed on changes of the organs (Military Department and Financial Planning Department) and on the organs of which Kim Yong Su
and Kim Man Song are in charge.
Kim Myong Hun Kye Yong Sam
Jo Jong Ho Kye Myong Chol
■Premier
Pak Pong Ju
Jang Jong Ju
Po Hui Song
■Vice-Premiers (7)
Ro Tu Chol
Ri Ju o
Kim Kum Chol
Kim Yong Son Kim Myong Chol
Choe Kwon Su
Ho Kwang Uk
State Price
Commission
Ryang Ui Gyong
State Planning
Commission
Ro Tu Chol
Capital Construction Ministry of Construction and
National Quality
Commission
Management Commission
Building-Materials Industry
RI Chol Jin
Jo Sok Ho
Tong Jong Ho
Im Chol Ung
­Yang Hyong Sop
Kim Yong Dae
■Honorary Vice-Presidents
Kim Yong Ju
Choe Yong Rim
■Secretary General
Hong Son Ok
Budget Committee
■Chairman
State Science and
Technology Commission
Ri Chung Gil
Ministry of Light
Industry
Choe IL Ryong
Elect
Municipal & Provincial Party Committees
Pyongyang
Municipality
Kim Su Gil
Nason
Municipality
Rim Kyong Man
Nampo
Municipality
Kang Yang Mo
Kangwon
Province
Pak Chong Nam
Yanggang
Province
Ri Sang Won
Chagang
Province
Kim Jae Ryong
South Pyongan
Province
Pak Thae Song
North Pyongan
Province
Kim Nung O
South Hamgyong
Province
Kim Song Il
North Hamgyong
Province
Jon Sung Hun
South Hwanghae
Province
Pak Yong Ho
North Hwanghae
Province
Pak Tae Tok
5
2 ­The Party Central Committee organizes and supervises all of the party's projects, and manages the party's finances.
4 The Party Central Auditing Commission inspects the party's financial management projects.
policies, and supervises national defense projects.
5 ­The party organs including the Korean People's Army, the Cabinet, the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, the Ministry
of Railways, and the Ministry of Culture are also provincial party level organs. (These organs have the Conference of Party
Representatives and Party Committee, and they are supervised by the Party Central Committee.
O Su Yong
■Members (6)
Elect
supervise
Legislation Committee
■Chairman
■Members (6)
­Jang Pyong Gyu Kang Yun Sok
Hong So Hon
Kim Hui Suk
Pak Thae Dok
Thae Hyong Chol
Choe Yong Il
Pak Hyong Ryol
Cha Hui Rim
Pak Myong Guk
Central Court
Central Public Prosecutors Office
(President Kang Yun Sok)
(Director Jang Pyong Gyu)
Ministry of
Agriculture
Ko In Ho
Ministry of Urban
Management
Kang Yong Su
Ministry of External
Economic Relations
Kim Yong Jae
Ministry of
Culture
Pak Chun Nam
City & Provincial Courts
Ministry of Public
Health
Kang Ha Guk
Ministry of
Commerce
Kim Kyong Nam
Ministry of Coal
Industry
Mun Myong Hak
Ministry of Food Procurement
and Administration
Mun Ung Jo
Ministry of
Fisheries
Kang Yong Chol
City & Provincial Public
Prosecutors Offices
People's Courts
County & City Public
Prosecutors Offices
Ministry of Food and
Consumer Goods Industries
Jo Yong Chol
Foreign
Ministry
Ri Yong Ho
Ministry of Oil
Industry
Ko Gil Son
Ministry of Atomic
Energy Industry
Wang Chang Uk
Ministry of Land and
Maritime Transport
Kang Jong Gwan
Ministry of
Railways
Jang Hyok
Central Bureau of
Statistics
Choe Sung Ho
Ministry of
Finance
Ki Kwang Ho
Ministry of Electric
Power Industry
Kim Man Su
Ministry of
Electronics Industry
Kim Jae Song
Ministry of Posts and Ministry of Physical Ministry of Chemical
Telecommunications Culture and Sports
Industry
Kim Kwang Chol
Ri Jong Mu
Ri Mu Yong
State Academy of
Sciences
Jang Chol
Municipal & Provincial People’s Committees
Ministry of Mining
Industry
Ri Hak Chol
Pyongyang
Municipality
Cha Hui Rim
Nason
Municipality
Cho Chong Ho
Nampo
Municipality
Ri Kil Chun
Kangwon
Province
Han Sang Jun
Cabinet
Secretariat
Kim Yong Ho
Yanggang
Province
Ri Song Guk
Chagang
Province
Ri Hyong Gun
South Pyongan
Province
Kang Hyong Bong
North Pyongan
Province
Jong Kyong Il
South Hamgyong
Province
Kim Bong Yong
North Hamgyong
Province
Ri Sang Kwan
South Hwanghae
Province
Choe Jong Ryong
North Hwanghae
Province
Im Hun
Central
Bank
Kim Chon Gyun
Appoint
Special Public
Prosecutors
Offices
Ministry of
Labor
Jong Yong Su
Ministry of
Forestry
Han Ryong Guk
Elect
Choe Pu Il
Kye Yong Sam
Special Courts
supervise
4
Pak Thae Song
Ju Yong Gil
Kim Jong Sun
Ryu Mi Yong
Kang Su Rin
­Pak Yong Ho
Ministry of
Ministry of State
Ministry of State Natural Ministry of Land and
Ministry of MachineConstruction Control Resources Development Environment Protection Metallurgical Industry building Industry
Ri Jong Guk
Ri Chun Sam
Kim Kyong Jun
Kim Yong Gwang
Kwon Song Ho
3 ­The Party Central Military Commission organizes and supervises all of the military projects, establishes the party's military line and
(It convenes the plenary meeting more than once a year.)
- The Political Bureau organizes and supervises all of the party's projects.
- The Executive Policy Bureau discusses and determines the party's internal projects, and organizes and supervises the implementation.
- The Control Commission inspects the party's rules and disciplines.
Elect
Kim Tok Hun
Ko In Ho
■Vice-Presidents­(2)
supervise
(42 Departments : 7 Commissions, 31 Ministries, 2 Bureaus, 1 Academy and 1 Bank)
Ri Mu Yong
Ri Ryong Nam
Kim Yong Nam
5
Cabinet
Education Commission
1 ­The Party Congress and the Conference of Party Representatives set party lines and policies, adopt doctrines and rules, select
Chairman of the WPK, and discuss various kinds of party's projects.
Committee for the Peaceful
Reunification of the Country
(The Premier is elected) Appoint
Ri Yong Ik
■President
■Members (11)
Kim Yong Chol
Jon Yong Nam
Ri Myong Gil
Kim Wan Su Kang Myong Chol
Jon Kyong Nam
* ­Further confirmation is needed on position.
Kim Yong Chol
Jong Pong Sok
Kim Yong Hwan
Choe Ryong Hae
■Vice-Chairmen Ro Tu Chol
Ri Il Hwan
Kim Kyong Nam Hwang Chol Sik
supervise
Financial Planning Science & Education
Department
Department
O Su Yong
Choe Sang Gon
Propaganda &
Agitation Department
Kim Ki Nam
Choe
Pu
Il
■Chairman
* Further
­
confirmation is needed on position and name.
Municipal & Provincial Party Representatives
Civil Defense
Department
Ri Yong Rae
Kim
Won
Hong
State Inspection
Commission
-
Departments & Offices(19)
International
Department
Ri Su Yong
Pak
Yong
Sik
■ Members (13)
■ First Vice-Chairman
Appoint
Light Industry
Department
An Jong Su
Ministry of
People’s
Security
Minister of General Education Minister of Higher Education
Kim Sung Du
Thae Hyong Chol
Ri Yong Gil
Organization &
Cadres Department
Guidance Department
Kim Phyong Hae
Ministry of
State
Security
■ Vice-Chairman
■ Chairman
■ Alternate Members (9)
Kim Su Gil Kim Nung O
Pak Thae Song
Ministry of
People’s
Armed Forces
Choe Sung Ho
Hong In Bom
Kim Jong Un
Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
State Physical Culture and
Sports Guidance Commission
Elect
Ri Hye Jong
687 (Term of Office : 5 years)
Elect
2
3
3
Choe Thae Bok
■Delagates
supervise
Party Central Committee
Organize
■Chairman
■Vice-Chairmen (2) An Tong Chun
■Vice-Chairmen (3)­­Hwang Pyong So Pak Pong Ju
2nd : ’66.10.5~12
4th : ’12.4.11
Supreme People’s Assembly
Vice-Chairmen and
Members are elected
1 ­The Chairman of the State Affairs Commission supervises overall national projects, appoints major national officials, ratifies and
4 ­The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly amends and supplements laws according to department, and supervises law
2 ­The State Affairs Commission discusses and determines important policies including national defense construction projects.
5 The Cabinet implements the national policies and conducts all administrative works including budget compilation.
abrogates treaties, and declares an emergency, wartime and mobilization order, and organizes and supervises the National Defense
Commission during wartime.
3 ­The Supreme People's Assembly legislates, amends, and supplements the Constitution and all laws and regulations and establishes
basic principles for foreign and domestic policies.
abidance of each organ. (When the Supreme People's Assembly is in recess, the Presidium of the SPA organizes or appoints the
cabinet.)