Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea

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The Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea is the country’s unicameral rubber-stamp legislature, formally designated as the highest organ of state power under the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament
state organ
unicameral legislature
approves national economic plans
state budget
betweenSessionsPowerHeldBy Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
characterization rubber-stamp legislature
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state power
controlledBy Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
country North Korea
dominantParty Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
elects Cabinet of North Korea
Central Court of the DPRK
surface form: Central Court of North Korea

President of the State Affairs Commission
surface form: President of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea

Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
establishedInYear 1948
hasCommittee Budget Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Legislation Committee
hasFunction amends the constitution
approves state budget
elects key state officials
enacts laws
headOfPresidiumTitle Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
ideology Juche
Songun
languageOfProceedings Korean
legalBasis North Korean constitution
surface form: Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
legislatureType unicameral
locatedIn North Korea
surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Pyongyang
meetsAt Mansudae Assembly Hall
surface form: Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang
meetsIn Mansudae Assembly Hall
meetsInSessions infrequently
nativeName Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea self-linksurface differs
surface form: 조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의
nativeNameLanguage Korean
numberOfMembers approximately 687
officialName Supreme People's Assembly
surface form: Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
oversees Cabinet of North Korea
politicalAlignment under de facto leadership of Kim family
politicalSystemContext one-party dominant system
role highest organ of state power in North Korea
national legislature of North Korea
shortName Supreme People's Assembly
surface form: Supreme People’s Assembly
subordinateTo Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
termLength 5 years
votingSystem non-competitive elections
single-candidate elections

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Eternal President of the Republic establishedBy Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea
State Affairs Commission of North Korea reportsTo Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea
State Affairs Commission of North Korea electedBy Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea
Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea nativeName Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의
Order of Kim Il Sung awardedBy Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea