Supreme People's Assembly

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The Supreme People's Assembly is North Korea's unicameral legislature, functioning largely as a rubber-stamp parliament for decisions made by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament ⓘ
state organ ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
approves national economic plans ⓘ
state budget ⓘ
betweenSessionsPowerExercisedBy Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
branchOf legislative branch of North Korea ⓘ
canAmend Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
candidateSelectionControlledBy Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state power in North Korea ⓘ
controlledBy Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
deFactoDecisionMaker Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
deFactoRole rubber-stamp legislature ⓘ
deJureRole highest organ of state power ⓘ
dominantParty Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
electoralTermLength 5 years ⓘ
elects Cabinet of North Korea ⓘ
Central Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
Premier of North Korea ⓘ
President of the State Affairs Commission ⓘ
Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
foundationDate 1948 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext single-party socialist republic ⓘ
hasCommittee various standing committees ⓘ
hasPresidium Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction entire territory of North Korea ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Korean ⓘ
legalVotingAge 17 ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea
locatedIn Pyongyang ⓘ
meetsIn Mansudae Assembly Hall ⓘ
meetsInCity Pyongyang ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
officialName Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one-party state ⓘ
primaryFunction approving state budget ⓘ
electing key state officials ⓘ
formally enacting laws ⓘ
replaced People's Assembly of North Korea ⓘ
sessionFrequency infrequent plenary sessions ⓘ
shortName SPA ⓘ
linked to: SPA Presidium
supervises Cabinet of North Korea ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation single-member constituencies ⓘ
votingSystem secret ballot ⓘ
single-candidate elections ⓘ

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

Workers' Party of Korea → controls → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
North Korean constitution → firstAdoptedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Supreme People's Assembly
North Korean constitution → legislature → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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National Assembly of Laos → precededBy → Supreme People's Assembly of Laos ⓘ
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Choe Yong-gon → memberOf → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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North Korean government → coreInstitution → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly → partOf → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly → legislativeBody → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly → subordinateTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea → influences → Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea ⓘ
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Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea → officialName → Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ
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Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea → shortName → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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North Korean political system → legislature → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
WPK → controls → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Supreme People's Assembly → officialName → Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Supreme People's Assembly
Supreme People's Assembly → replaced → People's Assembly of North Korea ⓘ
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Chondoist Chongu Party → parliamentaryRepresentation → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea → associatedWith → Supreme People’s Assembly elections ⓘ
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Korean Social Democratic Party → participatesIn → Supreme People's Assembly elections ⓘ
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Korean Social Democratic Party → hasRepresentationIn → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
State Affairs Commission → subordinateTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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State Affairs Commission → electedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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State Affairs Commission → reportsTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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President of the State Affairs Commission → appointedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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President of the State Affairs Commission → confirmedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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President of the State Affairs Commission → reportsTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Central Court of the DPRK → subordinateTo → Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK ⓘ
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Central Court of the DPRK → appointmentBy → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Cabinet of North Korea → subordinateTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Cabinet of North Korea → appointedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Cabinet of North Korea → accountableTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Assembly of Representatives → parliamentName → Supreme Assembly ⓘ
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Vice Premier of North Korea → subordinateTo → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Vice Premier of North Korea → appointedBy → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Panmungak → governingBody → Supreme People's Assembly (de facto state authority) ⓘ
subject linked to: Panmungak building
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First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission → appointedBy → Supreme People’s Assembly (formally) ⓘ
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First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission → associatedWithInstitution → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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SPA Presidium → partOf → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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SPA Presidium → subordinateTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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SPA Presidium → relatedTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Mansudae Assembly Hall → usedBy → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Secretary General of the Presidium → partOf → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Secretary General of the Presidium → governmentalBody → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ
Budget Committee → partOf → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Budget Committee → reportsTo → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Foreign Affairs Committee → partOf → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Legislation Committee → parentOrganization → Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
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Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea → associatedWith → Supreme People’s Assembly elections ⓘ
subject linked to: Democratic Front
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DFRK → associatedWith → Supreme People's Assembly elections ⓘ
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Chondo → representedIn → Supreme People's Assembly ⓘ