Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the highest military authority in North Korea, a position traditionally held by the country's top leader who exercises ultimate control over the Korean People's Army.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military office ⓘ
state office ⓘ
appointmentMethod internal party-state process of the DPRK ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology Juche ⓘ
Songun ⓘ
controls missile forces of the DPRK ⓘ
nuclear forces of the DPRK ⓘ
country Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea
currentHolder Kim Jong Un ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2011 ⓘ
exercisesControlThrough Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
Ministry of Defence of the DPRK ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Korean People's Air and Anti-Air Force ⓘ
Korean People's Army ⓘ
Korean People's Navy ⓘ
Special Operation Force of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
hasDeFactoPowerOver defence budget of the DPRK ⓘ
military promotions and demotions ⓘ
isCentralTo North Korean civil–military relations ⓘ
isDeFactoCombinedWith top party leadership in North Korea ⓘ
isHighestRankIn North Korean military command structure ⓘ
isKeyComponentOf North Korean command-and-control structure ⓘ
North Korean leadership system ⓘ
isLinkedToTitle Marshal of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
Marshal of the Republic ⓘ
isPartOf North Korean constitutional framework ⓘ
isPositionOf North Korean armed forces ⓘ
isSupremeCommanderOf all branches of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
jurisdiction Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea
linkedToOffice General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
President of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK ⓘ
nativeLanguage Korean ⓘ
nativeNameScript Hangul ⓘ
previousHolder Kim Il Sung ⓘ
Kim Jong Il ⓘ
reportsTo no higher national authority ⓘ
roleInvolves appointment of senior military officers ⓘ
control of wartime operations ⓘ
overall command of the armed forces ⓘ
ultimate authority over military policy ⓘ
seat Pyongyang ⓘ
shortName Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK ⓘ
styleOfAddress Respected Supreme Commander ⓘ
symbolizes ultimate military authority in North Korea ⓘ
traditionallyHeldBy paramount leader of North Korea ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean People's Army → commanderInChiefTitle → Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
Kim Jong Il → positionHeld → Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Kim Jong Un → positionHeld → Supreme Leader of North Korea ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Kim Jong Un → positionHeld → First Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea → shortName → Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea → headedBy → Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Marshal of the Republic → higherRank → Grand Marshal of the DPRK ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Marshal of the Republic → relatedTo → Grand Marshal of the DPRK ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Marshal of the Korean People's Army → higherRank → Grand Marshal of the DPRK ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea