The2nd Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), officially the Political Committee of the2nd Central Committee (2nd CC), was elected in the immediate aftermath of the2nd WPK Congress on 30 March 1948 by the 2nd CC's 1st Plenary Session.^[1] The composition changed on the merger of theWorkers' Party of North Korea and theWorkers' Party of South Korea (WPSK) on 24 June 1953, and was again changed after a purge of WPSK-affiliated communists on 6 August 1953.

It sat until the3rd Congress, which abolished the Political Committee and elected the3rd Standing Committee in its place.

Note thatPak Chong-ae was elected to the 2nd Political Committee on 4 November 1951 by the 4th Joint Plenary Session of the2nd Central Committee.^[2]

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• 2nd Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
• 1948 establishments in North Korea
• 1956 disestablishments in North Korea