State Affairs Commission

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The State Affairs Commission is North Korea’s top governing body, chaired by the country’s supreme leader and responsible for directing key state and military policies.

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Label Occurrences
State Affairs Commission canonical 9

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive body ⓘ
government body ⓘ
state organ of North Korea ⓘ
abbreviation SAC ⓘ
chairpersonTitle Chairman ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest guiding organ of state power ⓘ
supreme policy‑oriented leadership body of state power ⓘ
controls key security organs ⓘ
overall armed forces policy direction ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
currentChairperson Kim Jong Un ⓘ
dateFormed 2016-06-29 ⓘ
electedBy Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
formationEvent adoption of constitutional amendments by the Supreme People’s Assembly in June 2016 ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of North Korea ⓘ
hasMemberType alternate members ⓘ
members ⓘ
vice chairmen ⓘ
hasRole organ directing military affairs ⓘ
organ directing overall state affairs ⓘ
supreme policy‑oriented leadership body of state power ⓘ
hasViceChairperson First Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission ⓘ
headedBy Chairman of the State Affairs Commission ⓘ
isChairedBy supreme leader of North Korea ⓘ
isDescribedAs top governing body of North Korea ⓘ
jurisdiction Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea
languageOfName Korean ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ
location Pyongyang, North Korea ⓘ
linked to: Pyongyang
nativeName 조선민주주의인민공화국 국무위원회 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Korean ⓘ
oversees Cabinet of North Korea (in major policy matters) ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one‑party state under the Workers’ Party of Korea ⓘ
precededBy National Defence Commission ⓘ
replaced National Defence Commission ⓘ
reportsTo Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
responsibleFor defence policy ⓘ
foreign policy direction ⓘ
key military policies ⓘ
key state policies ⓘ
overall state affairs ⓘ
seat Pyongyang ⓘ
shortName SAC ⓘ
subordinateTo Supreme People’s Assembly ⓘ
supremeLeaderChairs yes ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

North Korean constitution → highestLeadershipOrgan → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
State Affairs Commission of North Korea → shortName → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
North Korean government → coreInstitution → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
North Korean political system → topStateOrgan → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
President of the State Affairs Commission → supervises → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
President of the State Affairs Commission → heads → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
National Defence Commission → replacedBy → State Affairs Commission ⓘ
SAC → shortName → State Affairs Commission ⓘ