1st Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Korea

The 1st Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Korea (WPNK) (the forerunner to the Workers' Party of Korea) was elected at the 1st WPNK Congress held in August 1946. It consisted of 43 members, and remained active until the 2nd WPNK Congress when the 2nd Central Committee was elected.[1] Thirteen were members of the Domestic faction, twelve from the Yan'an faction, six from the Soviet faction, four from Kim Il-sung's Guerrilla faction, and six others could not be classified.[2] Throughout its two years existence, the 1st Central Committee held 12 plenary sessions.

Kim Tu-bong and Kim Il-sung at the Congress two days before their election as Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee, respectively