 The 1st plenum of the 6th Central Committee , to elect the central party leadership , was held immediately after the 6th Congress . 34 members were elected to the 6th Politburo , an increase from 15 in the 5th Politburo . Of these 34 , 19 were full members and 15 candidate members . Five members were elected to the Presidium , and Kim Jong @-@ il was ranked fourth in the hierarchy of the Politburo and the Presidium . The 6th Secretariat was composed of nine members , with Kim Jong @-@ il ranked second . The size of the Secretariat did not change from the 5th Congress , but of its nine members only Kim Il @-@ sung was from the party 's " revolutionary generation " ( 60 % of the members of the 5th Secretariat came from that generation ) . Kim Il @-@ sung and Kim Jung @-@ rin were the only incumbents to be reelected . The elected 6th Central Military Commission ( CMC ) was composed of 19 members , of which Kim Jong @-@ il ranked third ( behind Kim Il @-@ sung and Oh Jin @-@ u ) . This marked the first time in the party 's history that the CMC membership was made public . Kim Il @-@ sung and Kim Jong @-@ il became the only officials with seats in all four bodies : the Presidium , Politburo , Secretariat and CMC . While Kim Jong @-@ il was outranked in the Presidium , Politburo and Secretariat , none of the members who outranked him had positions in other bodies ( except for Oh Jin @-@ ju , second @-@ ranked member of the CMC ) . Below is a list of members ( and their respective rankings ) of the Presidium , full and candidate members of the Politburo , Secretariat and CMC : 
