| ← Previous revision |
Revision as of 03:50, 22 April 2026 |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
|
{{Politics of North Korea|expanded=Workers' Party}} |
|
{{Politics of North Korea|expanded=Workers' Party}} |
|
The '''8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea''' ({{Korean|hangul=제 8차 조선로동당 중앙 군사위원회}}), officially the Central Military Commission of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the [[8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea|8th WPK Central Committee]] in the immediate aftermath of the [[8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea|party's 8th Congress]] on 10 January 2021.[{{cite news | url = https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610325170-380910593/sixth-day-sitting-of-8th-wpk-congress-held/ | title = Sixth-Day Sitting of 8th WPK Congress Held | publisher = [[Korean Central News Agency]] | via = Kim Il Sung – Kim Jong Il Foundation | date = 11 January 2021 | accessdate = 10 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610152423/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610325170-380910593/sixth-day-sitting-of-8th-wpk-congress-held/ | archive-date = 10 June 2021 }}] It was composed of one chairman, one vice chairmen and eleven ordinary members.[{{Cite web | via = KCNA Watch | title = Press release of First Plenary Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Committee issued | work = [[Pyongyang Times]] | agency = [[Korean Central News Agency]] | date = 11 January 2021 | access-date = 7 February 2021 | url = https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610359264-9301364/press-release-of-first-plenary-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-committee-issued/ | archive-date = 8 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210208094552/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610359264-9301364/press-release-of-first-plenary-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-committee-issued/ }}] |
|
The '''8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea''' ({{Korean|hangul=제 8차 조선로동당 중앙 군사위원회}}), officially the Central Military Commission of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the [[8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea|8th WPK Central Committee]] in the immediate aftermath of the [[8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea|party's 8th Congress]] on 10 January 2021.[{{cite news | url = https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610325170-380910593/sixth-day-sitting-of-8th-wpk-congress-held/ | title = Sixth-Day Sitting of 8th WPK Congress Held | publisher = [[Korean Central News Agency]] | via = Kim Il Sung – Kim Jong Il Foundation | date = 11 January 2021 | accessdate = 10 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610152423/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610325170-380910593/sixth-day-sitting-of-8th-wpk-congress-held/ | archive-date = 10 June 2021 }}] It was composed of one chairman, one vice chairmen and eleven ordinary members.[{{Cite web | via = KCNA Watch | title = Press release of First Plenary Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Committee issued | work = [[Pyongyang Times]] | agency = [[Korean Central News Agency]] | date = 11 January 2021 | access-date = 7 February 2021 | url = https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610359264-9301364/press-release-of-first-plenary-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-committee-issued/ | archive-date = 8 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210208094552/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1610359264-9301364/press-release-of-first-plenary-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-committee-issued/ }}] |
|
|
|
| ⚫ |
|
|
|
|
|
| ⚫ |
* '''1st Enlarged Meeting:''' 24 February 2021 [{{cite news | url = https://www.nknews.org/2021/02/kim-jong-un-demands-moral-discipline-of-military-officials-oversees-reshuffle/ | title = Kim Jong Un demands 'moral discipline' of military officials, oversees reshuffle | author = Kim, Jeongmin | publisher = [[NK News]] | via = | date = 24 February 2021 | accessdate = 11 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210301175720/https://www.nknews.org/2021/02/kim-jong-un-demands-moral-discipline-of-military-officials-oversees-reshuffle/ | archive-date = 1 March 2021 }}] |
|
|
** The issue of establishing revolutionary moral discipline within the Korean People's Army was discussed. |
|
|
** Major commanders of the armed forces were dismissed and appointed. |
|
|
*** Kim Song-gil was appointed as commander of the [[Korean People's Navy]] with the rank of vice admiral. |
|
|
*** Kim Chung-il was appointed as commander of the [[Korean People's Army Air Force|Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Aircraft Force]] with the rank of lieutenant general. |
|
|
** Major commanders were promoted. |
|
|
*** [[Kim Jong-gwan]] and [[Kwon Yong-jin]] were promoted to [[Chasu|vice marshal]]. |
|
|
*** Five were promoted to lieutenant general, and 27 were promoted to major general. |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''2nd Enlarged Meeting:''' 11 June 2021 [{{cite news | url = https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/kim-jong-un-stresses-national-defense-in-meeting-with-top-military-officials/ | title = Kim Jong Un stresses national defense in meeting with top military officials | editor = Betts, Bryan | author = Kim, Jeongmin | publisher = [[NK News]] | via = | date = 11 June 2021 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210612030640/https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/kim-jong-un-stresses-national-defense-in-meeting-with-top-military-officials/ | archive-date = 12 June 2021 }}] |
|
|
** Tasks for enhancing the fighting efficiency of the armed forces and bringing a turn in the national defense work were set. |
|
|
** Commanders of the services and corps-level units were dismissed, transferred and appointed. |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''3rd Enlarged Meeting:''' 21–23 June 2022 [{{cite news | url = https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/kim-jong-un-convenes-3rd-enlarged-meeting-of-wpks-military-commission/| title = Kim Jong Un Convenes 3rd Enlarged Meeting of WPK's Military Commission | editor = | author =Mitch Shin | publisher = The Diplomat | via = | date = 22 June 2022 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}] |
|
|
** [[Ri Pyong-chol]] was elected as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. |
|
|
** The issue of enhancing the function and role of military commissions was discussed. |
|
|
** The work of the [[Ministry of National Defence (North Korea)|Ministry of National Defence]], the [[General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army|General Staff of the Korean People's Army]], the Korean People's Army's party committee and the [[General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army]] and the activities of the commanders, staff and party political organizations of the armed forces in the first half of 2022 were reviewed. |
|
|
** Organizational and political measures for executing the party's defense policy were decided on. |
|
|
** Additional operation duties of frontline units, operational plans were modified and military organizations were reorganized. |
|
|
** The tasks for different sectors to implement the party's army-building line and strategic policy and the principles in the national defense work were discussed. |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''4th Enlarged Meeting:''' 6 February 2023 [{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Enlarged Meeting of WPK Central Military Commission |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1675722990-984798076/enlarged-meeting-of-wpk-central-military-commission |website=KCNA Watch}}] |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''5th Enlarged Meeting:''' 11 March 2023 [{{Cite web |date=12 March 2023 |title=5th Enlarged Meeting of 8th WPK Central Military Commission Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1678574245-19724105/5th-enlarged-meeting-of-8th-wpk-central-military-commission-held/ |website=KCNA Watch}}] |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''6th Enlarged Meeting:''' 10 April 2023 [{{cite news | url = https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/north-korean-leader-guides-central-military-commission-meeting/| title = North Korean Leader Guides Central Military Commission Meeting | editor = | author =Mitch Shin | publisher = The Diplomat | via = | date = 11 April 2023 | accessdate = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}] |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''7th Enlarged Meeting:''' 9 August 2023 [{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreans-kim-calls-better-war-preparations-kcna-2023-08-09/| title = North Korea's Kim dismisses top general, calls for war preparations | editor = | author =Hyunsu Yim| publisher = Reuters | via = | date = 10 August 2023 | accessdate = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}] |
|
| ⚫ |
* '''8th Enlarged Meeting:''' 28 May 2025 [{{Cite web |date=30 May 2025 |title=Eighth Enlarged Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Military Commission Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1748556490-329782272/eighth-enlarged-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-military-commission-held/ |website=KCNA Watch}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
==Leadership== |
|
==Leadership== |
| Line 36: |
Line 10: |
|
** [[Ri Yong-gil]], 28 December 2022 – 30 December 2023 |
|
** [[Ri Yong-gil]], 28 December 2022 – 30 December 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
⚫ |
|
|
|
|
|
⚫ |
* '''1st Enlarged Meeting:''' 24 February 2021 [{{cite news | url = https://www.nknews.org/2021/02/kim-jong-un-demands-moral-discipline-of-military-officials-oversees-reshuffle/ | title = Kim Jong Un demands 'moral discipline' of military officials, oversees reshuffle | author = Kim, Jeongmin | publisher = [[NK News]] | via = | date = 24 February 2021 | accessdate = 11 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210301175720/https://www.nknews.org/2021/02/kim-jong-un-demands-moral-discipline-of-military-officials-oversees-reshuffle/ | archive-date = 1 March 2021 }}][{{Cite web |date=25 February 2021 |title=First Enlarged Meeting of Eighth Central Military Commission of WPK Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1614205054-457814460/first-enlarged-meeting-of-eighth-central-military-commission-of-wpk-held/ |via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]] |agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''2nd Enlarged Meeting:''' 11 June 2021 [{{cite news | url = https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/kim-jong-un-stresses-national-defense-in-meeting-with-top-military-officials/ | title = Kim Jong Un stresses national defense in meeting with top military officials | editor = Betts, Bryan | author = Kim, Jeongmin | publisher = [[NK News]] | via = | date = 11 June 2021 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210612030640/https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/kim-jong-un-stresses-national-defense-in-meeting-with-top-military-officials/ | archive-date = 12 June 2021 }}][{{Cite web |date=12 June 2021 |title=Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Second Enlarged Meeting of Eighth Central Military Commission of WPK |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1623449804-478698346/respected-comrade-kim-jong-un-guides-second-enlarged-meeting-of-eighth-central-military-commission-of-wpk/ |via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]] |agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''3rd Enlarged Meeting:''' 21–23 June 2022 [{{cite news | url = https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/kim-jong-un-convenes-3rd-enlarged-meeting-of-wpks-military-commission/| title = Kim Jong Un Convenes 3rd Enlarged Meeting of WPK's Military Commission | editor = | author =Mitch Shin | publisher = The Diplomat | via = | date = 22 June 2022 | accessdate = 14 June 2021 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}][{{Cite web |date=24 June 2022 |title=Report on Third Enlarged Meeting of Eighth Central Military Commission of WPK |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1656021970-744365240/report-on-third-enlarged-meeting-of-eighth-central-military-commission-of-wpk/ |via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]] |agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''4th Enlarged Meeting:''' 6 February 2023 [{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Enlarged Meeting of WPK Central Military Commission |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1675722990-984798076/enlarged-meeting-of-wpk-central-military-commission |website=|via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]]|agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''5th Enlarged Meeting:''' 11 March 2023 [{{Cite web |date=12 March 2023 |title=5th Enlarged Meeting of 8th WPK Central Military Commission Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1678574245-19724105/5th-enlarged-meeting-of-8th-wpk-central-military-commission-held/ |website=|via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]]|agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''6th Enlarged Meeting:''' 10 April 2023 [{{cite news | url = https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/north-korean-leader-guides-central-military-commission-meeting/| title = North Korean Leader Guides Central Military Commission Meeting | editor = | author =Mitch Shin | publisher = The Diplomat | via = | date = 11 April 2023 | accessdate = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}][{{Cite web |date=11 April 2023 |title=6th Enlarged Meeting of 8th Central Military Commission of WPK Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1681168045-495484963/6th-enlarged-meeting-of-8th-central-military-commission-of-wpk-held/ |via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]] |agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''7th Enlarged Meeting:''' 9 August 2023 [{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreans-kim-calls-better-war-preparations-kcna-2023-08-09/| title = North Korea's Kim dismisses top general, calls for war preparations | editor = | author =Hyunsu Yim| publisher = Reuters | via = | date = 10 August 2023 | accessdate = 4 September 2023 | archive-url = | archive-date = }}][{{Cite web |date=10 August 2023 |title=7th Enlarged Meeting of 8th Central Military Commission of WPK Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1691619007-254590972/7th-enlarged-meeting-of-8th-central-military-commission-of-wpk-held/ |via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]] |agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
⚫ |
* '''8th Enlarged Meeting:''' 28 May 2025 [{{Cite web |date=30 May 2025 |title=Eighth Enlarged Meeting of Eighth WPK Central Military Commission Held |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1748556490-329782272/eighth-enlarged-meeting-of-eighth-wpk-central-military-commission-held/ |website=|via=[[NK News|KCNA Watch]]|agency=[[Korean Central News Agency]]}}] |
|
==Members== |
|
==Members== |
|
The following were elected as members of the 8th Central Military Commission. |
|
The following were elected as members of the 8th Central Military Commission. |
Like
0
Dislike
0
Love
0
Funny
0
Angry
0
Sad
0
Wow
0
