The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Korea (CPK) () was elected by the party congress on 14 September 1945, and remained in session until the formation the Workers' Party of South Korea and its Central Committee on 24 November 1946. In between party congresses the Central Committee was the highest decision-making institution in the CPK. The Central Committee was not a permanent institution and delegated day-to-day work to elected bodies, such as the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organisational Bureau in the case of this Central Committee. It convened meetings, known as "Plenary Session of the [term] Central Committee", to discuss major policies. A plenary session could be attended by non-members. These meetings were known as "Enlarged Plenary Session".

When the North Korean Branch Bureau declared independence from the CPK under the name Communist Party of North Korea, the CPK changed its name as well, into the Communist Party of South Korea.

Meetings 16 August 1945 20 August 1945 8 September 1945 11–14 September 1945; party Congress. No data available for meetings between 14 September 1945 – 4 September 1946. 14 September 1946: preparatory meeting with the People's Party and the New Democratic Party to form the Workers' Party of South Korea.

Members Rank Name Hangul Posts WPNK WPSK Inner-composition POL ORG SEC 1 Pak Hon-yong 박헌영 Chairman of the CPK Central Committee Elected Member Member 2 Kim Il Sung 허헌 Elected Member 3 Yi Chu-ha 이주하 Elected Member Member 4 Mu Chong 무정 Elected Member 5 Kang Chin 강진 Member 6 Choe Chang-ik 최창익 Elected Member 7 Ri Sung-yop 리승엽 Elected Member 8 Kwon O-chik 권오직 Member 9 Yi Hyon-sang 이현상 Elected Member 10 Kim Sam-yong 김삼룡 Elected Member 11 Kim Hyung-sun 김형선 Member 12 Ho Song-taek 허성택 Elected Member 13 Kim Tae-jun 김태준 Elected Member 14 Yi Ku-hun 이구훈 Member 15 Yi Sun-gun 이순금 Elected Member 16 Kang Mun-sok 강문석 Elected Member 17 Park Chang-bin 박창빈 18 Choe Yong-gon 최용건 Elected 19 Hong Nam-pyo 박창빈 Elected 20 Yi Chu-sang 이주상 Elected 21 So Chung-sok 서중석 22 Yi In-tong 이인동 23 Cho Pok-rye 조복례 24 Pak Kwang-hui 박광희 25 Kim Chom-kwon 김점권 26 Kim Yong-bom 김용범 27 Hong To-kyu 홍덕유 28 Chu Cha-pok 주자복 29 Mun Kap-song 문갑송 30 Kim Kun 김근 31 O Ki-sop 오기섭 Elected

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