Committee for State Affairs of the DVRK – Wikipedia

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Korea Nord Committee for government affairs
조선민주주의인민공화국 국무위원회
Consist since 2016
Arose from National Defense Commission

The Committee for State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the highest government organ of North Korea. [first]

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The official name was until June 2016 National Defense Commission . On June 29, 2016, she was at the 4th conference of the 13th Supreme Volks Meeting Committee for State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea newly founded. [2] This also includes focus on topics outside of national defense and security. The committee is an executive body that is independent of the DVRK Council of Ministers, which, according to the North Korean constitution, is only directly responsible to the parliament. [3]

The committee has a symbolic chair (Kim Jong-il), a chairman (Kim Jong-un), several vice chair and members. [3]

According to Article 97 paragraph 7 of the constitution, the Parliament has the right to incorporate or dismiss the chairman, the vice chairs and the members at the proposal of the chairman of the State Committee. [3]

The state committee is in fact The tip of the executive [4] And the office of chairman is the “highest office in the state” in the DVRK. [5] The headquarters of the committee is located in the Pot’onggang Guyŏk district of the capital Pyongyang.

The following people are currently members of the State Committee (as of April 2020): [6]

After his death, Kim Jong-il was declared “Eternal Chairman” and his son Kim Jong-UN by the Supreme People’s Assembly on April 13, 2012 was used as the successor called “First Chairman”. [7] In 2016, the term was changed in “Chairman of the Committee for State Affairs”. [2]

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  1. German Bundestag (ed.): The political system of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with background information on the North Korean diplomat Ri Su-Yong and his personal relationships with rulers Kim Jong-Un . March 29, 2018, S. 5 ( online [PDF; accessed on May 25, 2020]).
  2. a b The 4th conference of the Supreme People’s Assembly in the XIII. Legislative period. Accessed on August 2, 2016 .  ; Pyongyang Times, 02.07.2016, S. 1 ff.
  3. a b c North Korea-Info
  4. Rüdiger Frank (2005): North Korea’s political system. In: Thomas Kern, Patrick Köllner (ed.): South Korea and North Korea. Introduction to history, politics, business and society. Frankfurt/Main: Campus Verlag. ISBN 3-593-37739-X, page 227.
  5. KCNA, 16. Februar 2002: Short description of life Kim Jong-Ils (English) ( Memento of the Originals from October 12, 2014 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv/Iabot/www.kcna.co.jp
  6. GI-JAE HAN, Na-RI SHIN: Ri Son Gwon, Ri Pyong Chol enter State Affairs Commission of N. Korea. In: Dong-A ilbo. 14. April 2020, Retrieved on May 25, 2020 (English).
  7. 5th session of the 12th Supreme Peoples’ Assembly. North Korean Economy Watch, accessed on December 23, 2012 (English).

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