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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Committees</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Committees-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Committees subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Foreign_Affairs_Committee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_Affairs_Committee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Foreign Affairs Committee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_Affairs_Committee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budget_Committee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budget_Committee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Budget Committee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Budget_Committee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legislation_Committee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislation_Committee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Legislation Committee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislation_Committee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deputy_Credentials_Committee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deputy_Credentials_Committee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Deputy Credentials Committee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deputy_Credentials_Committee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_office_holders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_office_holders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>List of office holders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_office_holders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Results-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Results subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(first)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(first)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>1948 North Korean parliamentary election (first)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(first)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(last_because_the_North_would_give_up_its_goal_of_peaceful_reunification_with_the_South_and_dissolve_all_organizations_related_to_the_goal)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(last_because_the_North_would_give_up_its_goal_of_peaceful_reunification_with_the_South_and_dissolve_all_organizations_related_to_the_goal)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>2019 North Korean parliamentary election (last because the North would give up its goal of peaceful reunification with the South and dissolve all organizations related to the goal)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(last_because_the_North_would_give_up_its_goal_of_peaceful_reunification_with_the_South_and_dissolve_all_organizations_related_to_the_goal)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Works_cited" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Works_cited"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Works cited</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Works_cited-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asamblea_Cimera_del_Pueblu" title="Asamblea Cimera del Pueblu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Asamblea Cimera del Pueblu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%A1%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="Вярхоўны Народны Сход – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вярхоўны Народны Сход" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%A0" title="Върховно народно събрание на КНДР – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Върховно народно събрание на КНДР" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblea_Suprema_del_Poble" title="Assemblea Suprema del Poble – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Assemblea Suprema del Poble" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nejvy%C5%A1%C5%A1%C3%AD_lidov%C3%A9_shrom%C3%A1%C5%BEd%C4%9Bn%C3%AD" title="Nejvyšší lidové shromáždění – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nejvyšší lidové shromáždění" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_%C3%98verste_Folkeforsamling" title="Den Øverste Folkeforsamling – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Den Øverste Folkeforsamling" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberste_Volksversammlung_(Nordkorea)" title="Oberste Volksversammlung (Nordkorea) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Oberste Volksversammlung (Nordkorea)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%9B%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Ανώτατη Λαϊκή Συνέλευση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ανώτατη Λαϊκή Συνέλευση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asamblea_Suprema_del_Pueblo" title="Asamblea Suprema del Pueblo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Asamblea Suprema del Pueblo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supera_Popola_Asembleo" title="Supera Popola Asembleo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Supera Popola Asembleo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%82" title="مجمع عالی خلق – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مجمع عالی خلق" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembl%C3%A9e_populaire_supr%C3%AAme" title="Assemblée populaire suprême – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Assemblée populaire suprême" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemblea_Popular_Suprema" title="Asemblea Popular Suprema – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Asemblea Popular Suprema" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EA%B3%A0%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%ED%9A%8C%EC%9D%98" title="최고인민회의 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="최고인민회의" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majelis_Tertinggi_Rakyat" title="Majelis Tertinggi Rakyat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Majelis Tertinggi Rakyat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblea_popolare_suprema" title="Assemblea popolare suprema – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Assemblea popolare suprema" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94" title="אספת העם העליונה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אספת העם העליונה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asembla_Popular_Suprema" title="Asembla Popular Suprema – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Asembla Popular Suprema" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legfels%C5%91bb_N%C3%A9pi_Gy%C5%B1l%C3%A9s" title="Legfelsőbb Népi Gyűlés – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Legfelsőbb Népi Gyűlés" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opperste_Volksvergadering" title="Opperste Volksvergadering – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Opperste Volksvergadering" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">최고인민회의</span></span><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">最高人民會議</span></span></span></div><br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname"><span title="Korean-language text"><i lang="ko-Latn">Ch'oego Inmin Hoeŭi</i></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">14th Supreme People's Assembly</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg/170px-Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="169" class="mw-file-element" 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1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman of the Standing Committee</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">WPK</a> <br />since 11 April 2019 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Pak_In-chol_(politician)" title="Pak In-chol (politician)">Pak In-chol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">WPK</a> <br />since 17 January 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #CE1126; border-bottom: 2px solid #CE1126">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">687</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_Korea.svg/250px-Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_Korea.svg/375px-Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, 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<li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Chongryon" title="Chongryon">Ch'ongryŏn</a> (6)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> (2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committees</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li>Foreign Affairs Committee</li><li>Budget Committee</li><li>Legislation Committee</li><li>Deputy Credentials Committee</li><li>Standing Committee</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #CE1126; border-bottom: 2px solid #CE1126">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Approval_voting" title="Approval voting">Approval voting</a> for single party-nominated candidate</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">10 March 2019</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #CE1126; border-bottom: 2px solid #CE1126">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansudae_Assembly_Hall.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Yong-won" title="Jo Yong-won">Jo Yong-won</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tok-hun" title="Kim Tok-hun">Kim Tok-hun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Pyong-chol" title="Ri Pyong-chol">Ri Pyong-chol</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea">Secretariat</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Secretariat_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">Central Military Commission</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Central_Military_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li>Chairman <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vice Chairman <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Yong-gil" title="Ri Yong-gil">Ri Yong-gil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Pyong-chol" title="Ri Pyong-chol">Ri Pyong-chol</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Auditing_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">Central Auditing Commission</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Central_Auditing_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li>Chairman <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jae-ryong" title="Kim Jae-ryong">Kim Jae-ryong</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_and_Guidance_Department" title="Organization and Guidance Department">Organization and Guidance Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_and_Agitation_Department" title="Propaganda and Agitation Department">Propaganda and Agitation Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Front_Department_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea">United Front Department</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Supreme People's Assembly</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"><b> <a href="/wiki/14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th term</a> </b> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pak_In-chol_(politician)" title="Pak In-chol (politician)">Pak In-chol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Standing Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/14th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="14th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">14th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_North_Korea" title="Judiciary of North Korea">Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Court_(North_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Court (North Korea)">Central Court</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Central Court (page does not exist)">14th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="President of the Central Court (page does not exist)">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Yun-sok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Yun-sok (page does not exist)">Kang Yun-sok</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">Central Public Prosecutors</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">14th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Director_of_the_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Director of the Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">Director</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Myong-gil_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Myong-gil (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Myong-gil</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/State_Affairs_Commission_of_North_Korea" title="State Affairs Commission of North Korea">State Affairs Commission</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"><b> <a href="/wiki/14th_State_Affairs_Commission" title="14th State Affairs Commission">14th term</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_Affairs_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the State Affairs Commission">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a></li></ul></li> <li>First Vice President <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vice President <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tok-hun" title="Kim Tok-hun">Kim Tok-hun</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b> <a href="/wiki/State_Affairs_Commission_of_North_Korea#Powers_and_responsibilities" title="State Affairs Commission of North Korea">Organizations</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(North_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defence (North Korea)">Ministry of National Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of State Security (North Korea)">Ministry of State Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Security_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of Social Security (North Korea)">Ministry of Social Security</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sports_Guidance_Committee_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Sports Guidance Committee (North Korea) (page does not exist)">National Sports Guidance Committee</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="Cabinet of North Korea">Cabinet</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"><b> <a href="/wiki/14th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="14th Cabinet of North Korea">14th term</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_North_Korea" title="Premier of North Korea">Premier</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Thae-song" title="Pak Thae-song">Pak Thae-song</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Premier_of_North_Korea" title="Vice Premier of North Korea">Vice Premier</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Jong-gun" title="Pak Jong-gun">Pak Jong-gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hyon-chol" title="Jon Hyon-chol">Jon Hyon-chol</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Song-ryong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Song-ryong (page does not exist)">Kim Song-ryong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Song-hak" title="Ri Song-hak">Ri Song-hak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Hun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pak Hun (page does not exist)">Pak Hun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ju_Chol-gyu" title="Ju Chol-gyu">Ju Chol-gyu</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_North_Korea#Structure" title="Cabinet of North Korea">Cabinet Ministries</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Sport_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Sport (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Chemical_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Chemical Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Chemical Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Land,_Infrastructure_and_Transport_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Metal_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Metal Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Metal Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Machinery_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Machinery Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Machinery Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Urban_Management_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Urban Management (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Urban Management</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Land,_Sea_and_Maritime_Affairs_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Land, Sea and Maritime Affairs (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Land, Sea and Maritime Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Forestry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Forestry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Economic_Relations" title="Ministry of External Economic Relations">Ministry of External Economic Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Education_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Education (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Culture_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Culture (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Labor_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Labor (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Commerce_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Commerce (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Commerce</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Coal_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Coal Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Coal Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Shipbuilding_and_Marine_Engineering_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Fisheries_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Fisheries (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Fisheries</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Atomic_Energy_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Atomic Energy (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Atomic Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of Finance (North Korea)">Ministry of Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Electric_Power_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Electric Power Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Electricity</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Information_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Information Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Information Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Local_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Local Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Local Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Mining_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Mining Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Mining Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_State_Railway" title="Korean State Railway">Ministry of Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Construction_and_Building_Materials_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Construction and Building Materials Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Construction and Building Materials Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Light_Industry_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Light Industry (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Light Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_State_Construction_Supervision_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of State Construction Supervision (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of State Construction Supervision</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Resources_Development_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of National Resources Development (North Korea) (page does not exist)">Ministry of National Resources Development</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea" title="Elections in North Korea">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Recent elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Parliamentary: <a href="/wiki/2014_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2014 North Korean parliamentary election">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="Next North Korean parliamentary election"><i>next</i></a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Local: <a href="/wiki/2015_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2015 North Korean local elections">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2019 North Korean local elections">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2023 North Korean local 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of cities in North Korea">cities</a></dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_second-level_administrative_divisions_of_North_Korea" title="List of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea">Kun</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">(county)</span></dd></dl></li> <li><b>Third-level</b> <dl><dd><i><a href="/wiki/Eup_(administrative_division)" title="Eup (administrative division)">Eup</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(town)</dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Dong_(administrative_division)" title="Dong (administrative division)">Dong</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(neighborhood)</dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Ri_(administrative_division)" title="Ri (administrative division)">Ri</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(village)</dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Rodongjagu" title="Rodongjagu">Rodongjagu</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(workers' district)</dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">최고인민회의</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">MR</a>: <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">Ch'oego Inmin Hoeŭi</i></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>. It is ostensibly the <a href="/wiki/Highest_organ_of_state_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Highest organ of state power">highest organ of state power</a> and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of <a href="/wiki/Unified_power" title="Unified power">unified power</a>. However, in practice it is a <a href="/wiki/Rubber_stamp_(politics)" title="Rubber stamp (politics)">rubber stamp</a> legislature which exists to approve decisions made by the ruling party as a formality, and which has little to no real power of its own.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It consists of one deputy from each of North Korea's 687 constituencies,<sup id="cite_ref-arch_IPUP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arch_IPUP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea" title="Elections in North Korea">elected</a> to five-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-pk_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_North_Korea" title="Constitution of North Korea">constitution</a> identifies the SPA as the "highest organ of state power" and all state positions, including the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_Affairs_of_North_Korea" title="President of the State Affairs of North Korea">President of the State Affairs</a> and in theory the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_North_Korea" title="Premier of North Korea">Premier of the Cabinet</a>, trace their authority to it. The Assembly typically does not legislate directly but delegates that task to a smaller <a href="#Standing_Committee">Standing Committee</a>. Government officials carry out the policies legislated by the SPA subject to oversight and correction by the <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a>, which the constitution recognizes as the state's leading party, dominates the Assembly in a monopoly <a href="/wiki/Political_coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Political coalition">coalition</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Social_Democratic_Party" title="Korean Social Democratic Party">Social Democratic Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chondoist_Chongu_Party" title="Chondoist Chongu Party">Chondoist Chongu Party</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Reunification_of_Korea" title="Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea">Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea</a>. Elections are held in five-year intervals, the most recent in <a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">2019</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the 1972 Constitution, the number of seats in the Assembly was 655.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was increased to 687 following the <a href="/wiki/1986_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1986 North Korean parliamentary election">1986 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, the composition of the SPA was 601 seats held by the Workers' Party of Korea, 51 seats held by the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Social_Democratic_Party" title="Korean Social Democratic Party">Korean Social Democratic Party</a>, 22 seats held by the <a href="/wiki/Chondoist_Chongu_Party" title="Chondoist Chongu Party">Chondoist Chongu Party</a> and 13 seats held by <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">independents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last convention during <a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a>'s government took place in April 1994, three months before <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Kim_Il-sung" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Kim Il-sung">his death</a>. Then during the mourning period the assembly did not meet, nor did elections take place. The next meeting convened in September 1998, four years after Kim's death.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a> did not make a speech at the first session of the <a href="/wiki/10th_SPA" class="mw-redirect" title="10th SPA">10th SPA</a> in 1998. Instead, members listened to a tape-recorded speech of the late Kim Il Sung, which was made at the first session of the 9th SPA, in 1991. The enhanced status of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">Korean People's Army</a> was anticipated by the SPA election July 1998, when 101 military officials were elected out of 687 delegates. This was a large increase from the 57 military officials elected during the 9th SPA in 1990. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-nam" title="Kim Yong-nam">Kim Yong-nam</a> served as <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly">chairman of the Assembly Presidum</a> from 1998 until 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-KoreaHerald2007-10-04_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KoreaHerald2007-10-04-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pak_Thae-song" title="Pak Thae-song">Pak Thae-song</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a> (Speaker), while Pak Chol-min and Pak Kum-hui are the vice-chairmen.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 14, 2012, during the fifth session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a> was elected as the country's supreme leader. Addressing the SPA session, Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the SPA Presidium, said Kim's accession to North Korea's top post reflected "the ardent desire and unanimous will of all the party members, servicepersons and other people".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His status as leader was reaffirmed when he was elected unopposed on March 9, 2014. Kim was nominated to represent his district, the symbolic <a href="/wiki/Mount_Paektu" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Paektu">Mount Paektu</a>, in the assembly election. Voters could vote <i>yes</i> or <i>no</i>, with all voting in the affirmative, according to government officials. </p><p>In 2017, the assembly created a subordinate Diplomatic Commission, which had use in terms of dialogue with international parliaments.<sup id="cite_ref-38north-20170428_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38north-20170428-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 April 2019, <a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a> was appointed chairman of the Presidium.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenures">Tenures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tenures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Term </th> <th>Deputies </th> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea" title="1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea">1st</a> </td> <td align="center">572 </td> <td align="center">2 September 1948 </td> <td align="center">18 September 1957 </td> <td align="center">9 years, 16 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="2nd Supreme People's Assembly">2nd</a> </td> <td align="center">215 </td> <td align="center">18 September 1957 </td> <td align="center">22 October 1962 </td> <td align="center">5 years, 34 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="3rd Supreme People's Assembly">3rd</a> </td> <td align="center">383 </td> <td align="center">22 October 1962 </td> <td align="center">14 December 1967 </td> <td align="center">5 years, 53 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="4th Supreme People's Assembly">4th</a> </td> <td align="center">457 </td> <td align="center">14 December 1967 </td> <td align="center">12 December 1972 </td> <td align="center">4 years, 364 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="5th Supreme People's Assembly">5th</a> </td> <td align="center">541 </td> <td align="center">12 December 1972 </td> <td align="center">15 December 1977 </td> <td align="center">5 years, 3 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6th </td> <td align="center">579 </td> <td align="center">15 December 1977 </td> <td align="center">5 April 1982 </td> <td align="center">4 years, 111 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="7th Supreme People's Assembly">7th</a> </td> <td align="center">615 </td> <td align="center">5 April 1982 </td> <td align="center">29 December 1986 </td> <td align="center">4 years, 268 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8th </td> <td align="center">655 </td> <td align="center">29 December 1986 </td> <td align="center">24 May 1990 </td> <td align="center">3 years, 146 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Supreme People's Assembly">9th</a> </td> <td align="center">687 </td> <td align="center">24 May 1990 </td> <td align="center">5 September 1998 </td> <td align="center">8 years, 104 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="10th Supreme People's Assembly">10th</a> </td> <td align="center">687 </td> <td align="center">5 September 1998 </td> <td align="center">3 September 2003 </td> <td align="center">4 years, 363 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="11th Supreme People's Assembly">11th</a> </td> <td align="center">687 </td> <td align="center">3 September 2003 </td> <td align="center">9 April 2009 </td> <td align="center">5 years, 218 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Supreme People's Assembly">12th</a> </td> <td align="center">687 </td> <td align="center">9 April 2009 </td> <td align="center">9 April 2014 </td> <td align="center">5 years, 0 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Supreme People's Assembly">13th</a> </td> <td align="center">687 </td> <td align="center">9 April 2014 </td> <td align="center">11 April 2019 </td> <td align="center">5 years, 2 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th</a> </td> <td align="center">687 </td> <td align="center">11 April 2019 </td> <td align="center">Incumbent </td> <td align="center">5 years, 354 days </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><b>References:</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-SPA_tenures_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPA_tenures-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_and_membership">Elections and membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elections and membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea" title="Elections in North Korea">Elections in North Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">2019 North Korean parliamentary election</a></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_North_Korea" title="Constitution of North Korea">Constitution of North Korea</a>, all <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizens</a> 20 and older, regardless of <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">party</a> affiliation, political views, or religion, are eligible to be elected to the legislature and vote in elections. </p><p>All candidates are selected by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Reunification_of_Korea" title="Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea">Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea</a> in mass meetings held to decide which candidates will be nominated and their names can only go on the ballot paper with the approval of the meeting. The Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea is a <a href="/wiki/Popular_front" title="Popular front">popular front</a> dominated by the Korean Workers' Party, in which almost all power rests. The other participants in the coalition include the two other <i>de facto</i> legal political parties, the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Social_Democratic_Party" title="Korean Social Democratic Party">Korean Social Democratic Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chondoist_Chongu_Party" title="Chondoist Chongu Party">Chondoist Chongu Party</a>, as well as various other member organizations including social groups and youth groups, such as the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Children%27s_Union" title="Korean Children's Union">Korean Children's Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Patriotic_Youth_League" title="Socialist Patriotic Youth League">Socialist Patriotic Youth League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Democratic_Women%27s_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Democratic Women's League">Korean Democratic Women's League</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Red_Cross_Society_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea" title="Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea">Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea</a>. </p><p>Only one candidate who has been selected by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea appears on the ballot. A voter may cross off the candidate's name to vote against them, but must do so in a special booth without any secrecy.<sup id="cite_ref-votes_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votes-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The voter must then drop their ballot into a separate box for "no" votes. Voting against a Democratic Front candidate is considered treasonous; those who do face the loss of their jobs and housing, along with extra surveillance. Refusing to vote at all is also considered a treasonous act.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Assembly is convened once or twice a year in regular plenary sessions of several days each. At all other times, the Standing Committee acts for the Assembly. Extraordinary sessions of the Assembly can also meet when called by the Standing Committee or by one third of the Assembly deputies. </p><p>The functions of the SPA are:<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Adopting, amending or supplementing enactments to the constitution;</li> <li>enact, amend and supplement statutory legislation,</li> <li>approve major statutory laws adopted by the SPA Standing Committee while the SPA is in recess</li> <li>establish the basic principles of the state's domestic and foreign policies</li> <li>Determining State policy and budgets;<sup id="cite_ref-38north-20160408_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38north-20160408-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Elections of the President, vice-presidents and members of the <a href="/wiki/State_Affairs_Commission_of_North_Korea" title="State Affairs Commission of North Korea">State Affairs Commission</a>;</li> <li>Elections of the chairman, vice chairman and other members of the Standing Committee;</li> <li>Elections of legal officials;</li> <li>Appointing the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_North_Korea" title="Premier of North Korea">Premier</a>, Deputy Premiers and other members of the Cabinet</li> <li>Receiving reports and adopting measures on the Cabinet</li> <li>Elect or recall the chief justice of the Central Court</li> <li>Elect or recall the prosecutor general of the Central General Prosecutor's Office</li></ul> <p>Constitutional amendments require the approval of two-thirds of the deputies.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the Supreme People's Assembly is vested with great powers on paper, in practice the principles of <a href="/wiki/Democratic_centralism" title="Democratic centralism">democratic centralism</a> leave it with little real power. Like most Communist legislatures, it does little more than ratify decisions already made by Kim and the top leadership of the WPK.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standing_Committee">Standing Committee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Standing Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Committee">Standing Committee</a> exercises legislative power when the SPA is in recess, which occurs during all but a few days of every year. For all intents and purposes, it is the highest organ of state power in North Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-KoreaHerald2007-10-04_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KoreaHerald2007-10-04-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Standing Committee consists of the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a>, vice-chairmen, a secretary-general and other members, elected by the SPA.<sup id="cite_ref-unikorea_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unikorea-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretary-general, a largely symbolic role,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is currently <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jong_Yong-guk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jong Yong-guk (page does not exist)">Jong Yong-guk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The functions of the Standing Committee are to: </p> <ul><li>Convene sessions of the Supreme People's Assembly;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Examine and approve new state legislation when the SPA is in recess;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Supervise the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Prosecutor%27s_Office_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supreme Prosecutor's Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (page does not exist)">Supreme Prosecutor's Office</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EB%AF%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD_%EC%B5%9C%EA%B3%A0%EA%B2%80%EC%B0%B0%EC%86%8C" class="extiw" title="ko:조선민주주의인민공화국 최고검찰소">ko</a>]</span> when the SPA is not in session;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008201_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008201-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Supervise the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of North Korea">Central Court</a> when the SPA is in recess;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMinnich2008276_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMinnich2008276-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Interpret and enact the Constitution and most legislation passed, with the President of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) now having the power to enact important laws presented for legislation;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Form or dissolve state ministries;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Supervise laws of State organs;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Supervise parliamentary committees;<sup id="cite_ref-unikorea_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unikorea-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Organize elections to the Supreme People's Assembly;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ratify treaties with foreign countries;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Appoint, transfer, or remove officials and judges when the SPA is in recess;<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grant special pardons or amnesties.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition to its executive functions, the Standing Committee also receives <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_credence" title="Letter of credence">credentials of diplomatic representatives</a> from foreign countries with the consent of the President of the SAC.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_17-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, a constitutional amendment abolished the posts of the <a href="/wiki/Eternal_leaders_of_North_Korea#Presidency_of_North_Korea_before_1994" title="Eternal leaders of North Korea">President of North Korea</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_People%27s_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central People's Committee (page does not exist)">Central People's Committee</a>, and Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and gave their powers to a new body titled the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008196_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008196-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these organs, the Presidium was seen as the successor of the Standing Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the Presidium reverted its name back to Standing Committee, though the powers provided by the original constitutional amendment used to abolish the previous Standing Committee remain unaltered. Thus, the Standing Committee formed in 2021 currently serves as a continuation of the Presidium rather than a re-creation of the Standing Committee that had existed before 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Standing Committee Members </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vice Chairman </td> <td><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vice Chairman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thae_Hyong-chol" title="Thae Hyong-chol">Thae Hyong-chol</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary General </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jong_Yong-guk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jong Yong-guk (page does not exist)">Jong Yong-guk</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-chol" title="Kim Yong-chol">Kim Yong-chol</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ju_Yong-gil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ju Yong-gil (page does not exist)">Ju Yong-gil</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Chang-yop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Chang-yop (page does not exist)">Kim Chang-yop</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chang_Chun-sil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chang Chun-sil (page does not exist)">Chang Chun-sil</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Myong-chol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Myong-chol (page does not exist)">Kang Myong-chol</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Su-rin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Su-rin (page does not exist)">Kang Su-rin</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pak_Myong-chol" title="Pak Myong-chol">Pak Myong-chol</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Nung-o" title="Kim Nung-o">Kim Nung-o</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Ji-yong_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Ji-yong (politician) (page does not exist)">Kang Ji-yong</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ri_Myong-gil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ri Myong-gil (page does not exist)">Ri Myong-gil</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ri_Chol" title="Ri Chol">Ri Chol</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairman">Chairman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Chairman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly</a></div> <p>Prior to the creation of the post of <a href="/wiki/President_of_North_Korea" title="President of North Korea">President of North Korea</a> in 1972, the Chairman of the Standing Committee was the country's <i>de jure</i> head of state.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Currently, the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly</a> is the SPA speaker,<sup id="cite_ref-Leadership_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leadership-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the Chairman of the Standing Committee performs certain representative functions ordinarily accorded to a head of state.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As the representative of the state in external matters and the head of the highest sovereign organ, the Chairman of the Standing Committee is often considered the <i>de facto</i> head of state of North Korea, though officially this role is reserved for the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_Affairs_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the State Affairs Commission">President of the State Affairs Commission</a>. The chairman also convenes sessions of the SPA.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The chairman, like the rest of the Standing Committee, is elected by the SPA, which can also remove the chairman. <a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a> assumed the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in 2019 before the office was given the current name in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Committees">Committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the Standing Committee, the SPA has four <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary committees">parliamentary committees</a>: the Foreign Affairs Committee, Budget Committee, Legislation Committee,<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Deputy Credentials Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-DeputyCredentials_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeputyCredentials-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitution mandates the Legislation and Budget Committees and leaves the choice of having more committees to the SPA.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before 1998, there was an additional committee called the Reunification-policy Deliberation Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Foreign Affairs Committee, too, was discontinued in 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaHwang2008198-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> is operating again.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_Affairs_Committee">Foreign Affairs Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Foreign Affairs Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Foreign Affairs Committee is chaired by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Hyong-jun" title="Kim Hyong-jun">Kim Hyong-jun</a>. The other members are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ro_Ryong-nam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ro Ryong-nam (page does not exist)">Ro Ryong-nam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ri_Son-gwon" title="Ri Son-gwon">Ri Son-gwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong-suk_(politician)" title="Kim Jong-suk (politician)">Kim Jong-suk</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Tong-son&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Tong-son (page does not exist)">Kim Tong-son</a>, <a href="/wiki/Choe_Son-hui" title="Choe Son-hui">Choe Son-hui</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kim_Song-il_(North_Korean_politician)" title="Kim Song-il (North Korean politician)">Kim Song-il</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget_Committee">Budget Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Budget Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Budget Committee is chaired by <a href="/wiki/O_Su-yong" title="O Su-yong">O Su-yong</a>. The other members are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hong_So-hon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hong So-hon (page does not exist)">Hong So-hon</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Hyong-ryol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pak Hyong-ryol (page does not exist)">Pak Hyong-ryol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ri_Hi-yong" title="Ri Hi-yong">Ri Hi-yong</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Kwang-uk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Kwang-uk (page does not exist)">Kim Kwang-uk</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Choe_Yong-il&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Choe Yong-il (page does not exist)">Choe Yong-il</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ri_Kum-ok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ri Kum-ok (page does not exist)">Ri Kum-ok</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislation_Committee">Legislation Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legislation Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Legislation Committee is chaired by <a href="/wiki/Choe_Pu-il" title="Choe Pu-il">Choe Pu-il</a>. The other members are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Myong-gil_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Myong-gil (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Myong-gil</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Yun-sok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Yun-sok (page does not exist)">Kang Yun-sok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pak_Jong-nam" title="Pak Jong-nam">Pak Jong-nam</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Yong-bae_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Yong-bae (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Yong-bae</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jong_Kyong-il&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jong Kyong-il (page does not exist)">Jong Kyong-il</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ho_Kwang-il&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ho Kwang-il (page does not exist)">Ho Kwang-il</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Credentials_Committee">Deputy Credentials Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Deputy Credentials Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Deputy Credentials Committee is chaired by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Phyong-hae" title="Kim Phyong-hae">Kim Phyong-hae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DeputyCredentials_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeputyCredentials-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_office_holders">List of office holders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: List of office holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7"><b>Chairman of the Standing Committee</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Chairman </th> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Political party </th> <th align="center" width="0">Term Start </th> <th>Term End </th> <th align="center" width="0">Election </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg/100px-Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg/150px-Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg/200px-Kim_Tu-bong_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="437" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tu-bong" title="Kim Tu-bong">Kim Tu-bong</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">김두봉</span></span><br />1889–1958 </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_North_Korea" title="Workers' Party of North Korea">Workers' Party of North Korea</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">9 September 1948 </td> <td rowspan="2">20 September 1957 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1948 North Korean parliamentary election">1st SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ch%27oe_Yongg%C5%8Fn.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ch%27oe_Yongg%C5%8Fn.JPG/100px-Ch%27oe_Yongg%C5%8Fn.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Ch%27oe_Yongg%C5%8Fn.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="104" data-file-height="145" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Choe_Yong-gon_(army_commander)" class="mw-redirect" title="Choe Yong-gon (army commander)">Choe Yong-gon</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">최용건</span></span><br />1900–1976<br /> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#FAAFBE"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Social_Democratic_Party" title="Korean Social Democratic Party">Korean Democratic Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">20 September 1957 </td> <td rowspan="2">23 October 1962 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1957_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1957 North Korean parliamentary election">2nd SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">23 October 1962 </td> <td rowspan="1">16 December 1967 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1962_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1962 North Korean parliamentary election">3rd SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">16 December 1967 </td> <td rowspan="1">28 December 1972 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1967_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1967 North Korean parliamentary election">4th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hwang_Jang_Yeop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Hwang_Jang_Yeop.jpg/120px-Hwang_Jang_Yeop.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Hwang_Jang_Yeop.jpg/250px-Hwang_Jang_Yeop.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1193" data-file-height="1955" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Hwang_Jang-yop" title="Hwang Jang-yop">Hwang Jang-yop</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">황장엽</span></span><br />1923–2010 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">28 December 1972 </td> <td rowspan="1">16 December 1977 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1972_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1972 North Korean parliamentary election">5th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">16 December 1977 </td> <td rowspan="1">6 April 1982 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1977_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1977 North Korean parliamentary election">6th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">6 April 1982 </td> <td rowspan="1">7 April 1983 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1982_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1982 North Korean parliamentary election">7th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Yang_Hyong-sop" title="Yang Hyong-sop">Yang Hyong-sop</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">양형섭</span></span><br />(1925–2022)<br /> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">7 April 1983 </td> <td rowspan="1">29 December 1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">29 December 1986 </td> <td rowspan="1">24 May 1990 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1986_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1986 North Korean parliamentary election">8th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">24 May 1990 </td> <td rowspan="1">5 September 1998 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1990_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1990 North Korean parliamentary election">9th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><b>Chairman of the Presidium</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">President </th> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Political party </th> <th align="center" width="0">Term Start </th> <th>Term End </th> <th align="center" width="0">Election </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg/150px-Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg/225px-Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg/300px-Kim_Yong-nam_in_Moscow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4237" data-file-height="2825" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-nam" title="Kim Yong-nam">Kim Yong-nam</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">김영남</span></span><br />(born 1928)<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg/100px-Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg/150px-Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg/200px-Signature_of_Kim_Yong-nam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="162" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a> </td> <td rowspan="1">5 September 1998 </td> <td rowspan="1">3 September 2003 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/10th_SPA" class="mw-redirect" title="10th SPA">10th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">3 September 2003 </td> <td rowspan="1">9 April 2009 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/11th_SPA" class="mw-redirect" title="11th SPA">11th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">9 April 2009 </td> <td rowspan="1">9 April 2014 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/2009_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2009 North Korean parliamentary election">12th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">9 April 2014 </td> <td rowspan="1">11 April 2019 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2014 North Korean parliamentary election">13th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Choe_Ryong-Hae.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Choe_Ryong-Hae.jpg/120px-Choe_Ryong-Hae.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Choe_Ryong-Hae.jpg/250px-Choe_Ryong-Hae.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="289" data-file-height="461" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-1stSession14thSPA_10-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stSession14thSPA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">최룡해</span></span><br />(born 1950) </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">11 April 2019 </td> <td rowspan="1">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">14th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><b>Chairman of the Assembly</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Chairman </th> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Political party </th> <th align="center" width="0">Term Start </th> <th>Term End </th> <th align="center" width="0">Election </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg/90px-%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg/135px-%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg/180px-%ED%97%88%ED%97%8C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="353" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Ho_Hon" title="Ho Hon">Ho Hon</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">허헌</span></span> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">許憲</span></span>)<br />(1885–1951) </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a> </td> <td rowspan="1">September 1948 </td> <td rowspan="1">1951 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1948 North Korean parliamentary election">1st SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1948.04.05_%EB%B0%B1%EB%82%A8%EC%9A%B4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/1948.04.05_%EB%B0%B1%EB%82%A8%EC%9A%B4.jpg/250px-1948.04.05_%EB%B0%B1%EB%82%A8%EC%9A%B4.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/1948.04.05_%EB%B0%B1%EB%82%A8%EC%9A%B4.jpg/330px-1948.04.05_%EB%B0%B1%EB%82%A8%EC%9A%B4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="344" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Paek_Nam-un" title="Paek Nam-un">Paek Nam-un</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">백남운</span></span><br />(1894–1979) </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">25 November 1957 </td> <td rowspan="1">1972 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1957_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1957 North Korean parliamentary election">4th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Han_Duk-su" title="Han Duk-su">Han Duk-su</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">한덕수</span></span><br />(1907–2001) </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">1972 </td> <td rowspan="1">1986 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1972_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1972 North Korean parliamentary election">5th SPA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">14th SPA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1977_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1977 North Korean parliamentary election">6th SPA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1982_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1982 North Korean parliamentary election">7th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><b>Chairman</b> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Chairman </th> <th colspan="2" align="center" width="0">Political party </th> <th align="center" width="0">Term Start </th> <th>Term End </th> <th align="center" width="0">Election </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok" title="Choe Thae-bok">Choe Thae-bok</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">최태복</span></span><br />(1930–2024) </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a> </td> <td rowspan="1">5 September 1998 </td> <td rowspan="1">11 April 2019 </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/1998_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="1998 North Korean parliamentary election">10th SPA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2003_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2003 North Korean parliamentary election">11th SPA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2009_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2009 North Korean parliamentary election">12th SPA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2014 North Korean parliamentary election">13th SPA</a><br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pak_Thae-song.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Pak_Thae-song.jpg/120px-Pak_Thae-song.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Pak_Thae-song.jpg/250px-Pak_Thae-song.jpg 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="1149" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Pak_Thae-song" title="Pak Thae-song">Pak Thae-song</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">박태성</span></span><br />(born 1955) </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">11 April 2019 </td> <td rowspan="1">17 January 2023 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">14th SPA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td rowspan="1"><b><a href="/wiki/Pak_In-chol_(politician)" title="Pak In-chol (politician)">Pak In-chol</a></b><br /><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">박인철</span></span> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#CE1126"> </td> <td rowspan="1">17 January 2023<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="1">Incumbent </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(first)"><span id="1948_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_.28first.29"></span>1948 North Korean parliamentary election (first)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1948 North Korean parliamentary election (first)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="4">Party or alliance</th><th scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="8" style="width:0px;background-color:#FF3333"></td><td rowspan="8">Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea</td><td style="background-color:#FF0000"></td><td>Workers' Party of North Korea</td><td style="text-align:right">157</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF0000"></td><td>Chondoist Chongu Party</td><td style="text-align:right">35</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FAAFBE"></td><td>Korean Social Democratic Party</td><td style="text-align:right">35</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:red"></td><td>Laboring People's Party</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>People's Republic Party</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:gold"></td><td>Democratic Independent Party</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:white"></td><td>Other parties</td><td style="text-align:right">171</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">114</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">572</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_(last_because_the_North_would_give_up_its_goal_of_peaceful_reunification_with_the_South_and_dissolve_all_organizations_related_to_the_goal)"><span id="2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election_.28last_because_the_North_would_give_up_its_goal_of_peaceful_reunification_with_the_South_and_dissolve_all_organizations_related_to_the_goal.29"></span>2019 North Korean parliamentary election (last because the North would give up its goal of peaceful reunification with the South and dissolve all organizations related to the goal)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2019 North Korean parliamentary election (last because the North would give up its goal of peaceful reunification with the South and dissolve all organizations related to the goal)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="4">Party or alliance</th><th scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:0px;background-color:#FF3333"></td><td rowspan="5">Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea</td><td style="background-color:#CE1126"></td><td>Workers' Party of Korea</td><td rowspan="4" style="text-align:right">682</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FAAFBE"></td><td>Korean Social Democratic Party</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF0000"></td><td>Chondoist Chongu Party</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Chongryon</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">687</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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(2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/187">"Government and Politics"</a>. In Worden, Robert L. (ed.). <i>North Korea: A Country Study</i> (5th ed.). Washington: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/187">187–234</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8444-1188-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8444-1188-0"><bdi>978-0-8444-1188-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Government+and+Politics&rft.btitle=North+Korea%3A+A+Country+Study&rft.place=Washington&rft.pages=187-234&rft.edition=5th&rft.pub=Federal+Research+Division+of+the+Library+of+Congress&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8444-1188-0&rft.aulast=Cha&rft.aufirst=Victor+D.&rft.au=Hwang%2C+Balbina+Y.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnorthkoreacountr0000unse%2Fpage%2F187&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASupreme+People%27s+Assembly" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMinnich2008" class="citation book cs1">Minnich, James M. (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/237">"National Security"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. In Worden, Robert L. (ed.). <i>North Korea: A Country Study</i> (5th ed.). 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navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_North_Korean_parliamentary_by-election" title="1959 North Korean parliamentary by-election">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1946 North Korean local elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1947 North Korean local elections">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1949 North Korean local elections">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_North_Korean_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 North Korean local elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1956 North Korean local elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1959 North Korean local elections">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1963 North Korean local elections">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1967 North Korean local elections">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1972 North Korean local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1975 North Korean local elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1977 North Korean local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1979 North Korean local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1981 North Korean local elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1983 North Korean local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1985 North Korean local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1987 North Korean local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1989 North Korean local elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1991 North Korean local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1993 North Korean local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_North_Korean_local_elections" title="1999 North Korean local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2003 North Korean local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2007 North Korean local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2011 North Korean local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2015 North Korean local elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2019 North Korean local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2023 North Korean local elections">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="20px&#124;link=Supreme_People&#039;s_Assembly_Supreme_People&#039;s_Assembly463" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background: #CE1126; color:gold;"><link 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly"><span style="color:gold">Standing Committee Chairman</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tu-bong" title="Kim Tu-bong">Kim Tu-bong</a> (1948–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Yong-gon_(official)" title="Choe Yong-gon (official)">Choe Yong-gon</a> (1957–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hwang_Jang-yop" title="Hwang Jang-yop">Hwang Jang-yop</a> (1972–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Hyong-sop" title="Yang Hyong-sop">Yang Hyong-sop</a> (1983–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-nam" title="Kim Yong-nam">Kim Yong-nam</a> (1998–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a> (2019–onwards)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly"><span style="color:gold">Assembly Chairman</span></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ho_Hon" title="Ho Hon">Ho Hon</a> (1948–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Yong" title="Ri Yong">Yi Yong</a> (1951–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Won-taek" title="Choe Won-taek">Choe Won-taek</a> (1957–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paek_Nam-un" title="Paek Nam-un">Paek Nam-un</a> (1967–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Duk-su" title="Han Duk-su">Han Duk-su</a> (1972–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok" title="Choe Thae-bok">Choe Thae-bok</a> (1998–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Thae-song" title="Pak Thae-song">Pak Thae-song</a> (2019–23)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_In-chol_(politician)" title="Pak In-chol (politician)">Pak In-chol</a> (2023–onwards)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Vice Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Assembly Vice Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly#Honorary_Vice_President_of_the_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People's_Assembly" title="Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Presidium Honorary Vice President</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary-General_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">Standing Committee Secretary-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Standing Committee Vice Chairman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg/100px-Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg/150px-Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_the_DPRK.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 4th Supreme People's Assembly">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_6th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 6th Supreme People's Assembly">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 7th Supreme People's Assembly">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_8th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 8th Supreme People's Assembly">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Credentials_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Credentials Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)"><span style="color:gold">Credentials</span></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 4th Supreme People's Assembly">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_6th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 6th Supreme People's Assembly">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 7th Supreme People's Assembly">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_8th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 8th Supreme People's Assembly">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly"><span style="color:gold">Foreign Affairs</span></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 4th Supreme People's Assembly">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li>5th none (1972–77)</li> <li>6th none (1977–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 7th Supreme People's Assembly">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_8th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 8th Supreme People's Assembly">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold"><a href="/wiki/Legislation_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislation Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly"><span style="color:gold">Legislation</span></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 4th Supreme People's Assembly">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_6th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 6th Supreme People's Assembly">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 7th Supreme People's Assembly">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_8th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 8th Supreme People's Assembly">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Committees_of_the_11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committees of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #CE1126; color:gold;"><span style="color:gold">Terms</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold">Leadership</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="5th Central People's Committee">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="6th Central People's Committee">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="7th Central People's Committee">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="8th Central People's Committee">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="9th Central People's Committee">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_National_Defence_Commission" title="10th National Defence Commission">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_National_Defence_Commission" title="11th National Defence Commission">11th (2003–09)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_National_Defence_Commission" title="12th National Defence Commission">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li>13th <a href="/wiki/13th_National_Defence_Commission" title="13th National Defence Commission">NDC (2014–16)</a> <a href="/wiki/13th_State_Affairs_Commission" title="13th State Affairs Commission">SAC (2016–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_State_Affairs_Commission" title="14th State Affairs Commission">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold">Standing Committee</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea" title="1st Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="2nd Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="3rd Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="4th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="5th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="6th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="7th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="8th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="9th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="10th Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="11th Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="12th Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Presidium_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="13th Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="14th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><span style="color:gold">Assembly</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly_of_North_Korea" title="1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="2nd Supreme People's Assembly">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="3rd Supreme People's Assembly">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="4th Supreme People's Assembly">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="5th Supreme People's Assembly">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="7th Supreme People's Assembly">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Supreme People's Assembly">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="10th Supreme People's Assembly">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="11th Supreme People's Assembly">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Supreme People's Assembly">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Supreme People's Assembly">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #CE1126; color:gold;"><span style="color:gold">Deputies</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_1st_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_2nd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_3rd_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_4th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 4th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_6th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 6th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_7th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 7th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_8th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 8th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_9th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_10th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_11th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_12th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_13th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputies_of_the_14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputies of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (page does not exist)">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #CE1126; color:gold;"><span style="color:gold">Elected bodies</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="Cabinet of North Korea"><span style="color:gold">Cabinet</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="1st Cabinet of North Korea">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="2nd Cabinet of North Korea">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="3rd Cabinet of North Korea">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="4th Cabinet of North Korea">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Administrative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Administrative Council">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Administrative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Administrative Council">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Administrative_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Administrative Council (page does not exist)">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Administrative_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Administrative Council (page does not exist)">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Administrative_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Administrative Council (page does not exist)">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="10th Cabinet of North Korea">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="11th Cabinet of North Korea">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="12th Cabinet of North Korea">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="13th Cabinet of North Korea">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="14th Cabinet of North Korea">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Court_(North_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Court (North Korea)"><span style="color:gold">Central Court</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Supreme_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Supreme Court (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Supreme_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Supreme Court (page does not exist)">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Supreme_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Supreme Court (page does not exist)">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Supreme_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Supreme Court (page does not exist)">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Central Court (page does not exist)">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Central Court (page does not exist)">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Central Court (page does not exist)">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Central Court (page does not exist)">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Central Court (page does not exist)">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=10th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="10th Central Court (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=11th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="11th Central Court (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Central Court (page does not exist)">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="13th Central Court (page does not exist)">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Central Court (page does not exist)">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_People%27s_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central People's Committee (page does not exist)"><span style="color:gold">Central People's</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="5th Central People's Committee">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="6th Central People's Committee">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="7th Central People's Committee">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="8th Central People's Committee">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Central_People%27s_Committee" title="9th Central People's Committee">9th (1990–98)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defense Commission"><span style="color:gold">National Defence</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_5th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_6th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Committees of the 6th Supreme People's Assembly">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_National_Defence_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th National Defence Commission (page does not exist)">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_National_Defence_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th National Defence Commission (page does not exist)">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_National_Defence_Commission" title="9th National Defence Commission">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_National_Defence_Commission" title="10th National Defence Commission">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_National_Defence_Commission" title="11th National Defence Commission">11th (2003–09)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_National_Defence_Commission" title="12th National Defence Commission">11th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_National_Defence_Commission" title="13th National Defence Commission">13th (2014–16)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Procurator%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supreme Procurator's Office (page does not exist)"><span style="color:gold">Procurator's Office</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">1st (1948–57)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">2nd (1957–62)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">3rd (1962–67)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">4th (1967–72)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">5th (1972–77)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">6th (1977–82)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">7th (1982–86)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">8th (1986–90)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">9th (1990–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=10th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="10th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">10th (1998–03)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=11th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="11th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">11th (2003–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Supreme_Procurator%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Supreme Procurator's Office (page does not exist)">12th (2009–14)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_Supreme_Procurator%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="13th Supreme Procurator's Office (page does not exist)">13th (2014–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Supreme_Procurator%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Supreme Procurator's Office (page does not exist)">14th (2019–onwards)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1126;color:#FFCC00;;width:1%"><a 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