Supreme People's Assembly

Supreme People's Assembly 최고인민회의 最高人民會議 Ch'oego Inmin Hoeŭi
14th Supreme People's Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman of the Standing Committee	Choe Ryong-hae, WPK since 11 April 2019
Chairman	Pak In-chol, WPK since 17 January 2023
Structure
Seats	687
Political groups	Workers' Party (607)   Social Democratic Party (50)   Chondoist Chongu Party (22)   Ch'ongryŏn (6)   Independents (2)
Committees	Foreign Affairs Committee Budget Committee Legislation Committee Deputy Credentials Committee
Elections
Voting system	Approval voting for single party-nominated candidate
Last election	10 March 2019
Meeting place
Mansudae Assembly Hall Pyongyang Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Politics of North Korea
Constitution Juche  (state ideology) Songun  ("military-first" policy) Eternal leaders Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il
Workers' Party of Korea Congress (8th) General Secretary and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Rules Central Committee (8th) Politburo (8th) Presidium (8th) Kim Jong Un Choe Ryong-hae Jo Yong-won Kim Tok-hun Ri Pyong-chol Secretariat (8th) Central Military Commission (8th) Chairman Kim Jong Un Vice Chairman Ri Yong-gil Ri Pyong-chol Central Auditing Commission (8th) Chairman Kim Jae-ryong Organization and Guidance Department Propaganda and Agitation Department United Front Department
Supreme People's Assembly 14th term Chairman Pak In-chol Standing Committee (14th) Chairman Choe Ryong-hae Judiciary Central Court (14th) President Kang Yun-sok Central Public Prosecutors (14th) Director Kim Myong-gil
State Affairs Commission 14th term President Kim Jong Un First Vice President Choe Ryong-hae Vice President Kim Tok-hun
Cabinet 14th term Premier Kim Tok-hun Vice Premier Pak Jong-gun Jon Hyon-chol Kim Song-ryong Ri Song-hak Pak Hun Ju Chol-gyu
Elections Recent elections Parliamentary: 2009 2014 2019 Local: 2015 2019 2023
Administrative divisions First-level Provinces Special cities Second-level cities Kun  (county) Third-level Eup  (town) Dong  (neighborhood) Ri  (village) Rodonjagu  (workers' district)
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Choe Son-hui Diplomatic missions of / in North Korea Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Korean conflict Korean reunification
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The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; Korean: 최고인민회의; MR: Ch’oego Inmin Hoeŭi) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified power. However, in practice it is a rubber stamp legislature which exists to approve decisions made by the ruling party as a formality, and which has little to no real power of its own.^[1][2]

It consists of one deputy from each of North Korea's 687 constituencies,^[3] elected to five-year terms.^[4]

The constitution identifies the SPA as the "highest organ of state power" and all state positions, including the President of the State Affairs and in theory the Premier of the Cabinet, trace their authority to it. The Assembly typically does not legislate directly but delegates that task to a smaller Standing Committee. Government officials carry out the policies legislated by the SPA subject to oversight and correction by the Workers' Party of Korea. ^{[citation needed]}

The Workers' Party of Korea, which the constitution recognizes as the state's leading party, dominates the Assembly in a monopoly coalition with the Social Democratic Party and the Chondoist Chongu Party called the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea. Elections are held in five-year intervals, the most recent in 2019.