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Pak Hon-yong 박헌영 Architect of the Korean Communist Party's rebirth; leader of the Workers' Party of South Korea Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Korea 1900–1955
Choe Yong-gon 최용건 The Manchurian guerrilla who became the KPA's first commander and the DPRK's nominal head of state Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1900–1976
Kim Chaek 김책 Korean revolutionary military leader who fought alongside Kim Il Sung in the Manchurian anti-Japanese guerrillas Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1903–1951
Ho Ka-i Алексей Хегай Principal organizer of the Workers' Party of Korea and leader of its early Soviet faction Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1908–1953
Kim Il Sung 김일성 The founder of North Korea returned from the Soviet Far East Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1912–1994
Nam Il 남일 The Soviet-Korean general who signed the Korean Armistice at Panmunjom Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1913–1976
Kang Kon 강건 The KPA's first Chief of General Staff who finalized the invasion plan with Soviet advisers Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1918–1950
Kim Jong Il 김정일 The successor between a Soviet birth record and the Paektu myth Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1941–2011
Pang Hak-se Пан Хак Се Founder of North Korea's state security and enforcer of its political repression Security, intelligence and policing · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions ?–1992