The 11th

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) 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 ...

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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

was in session from 2003 until 2009. It consisted of 687 deputies, and held six sessions. The Supreme People's Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year terms. The constitution recognizes the Workers' Party as the leading party of the state. The

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, led by

Kim Jong-un Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim ...

, governs the DPRK in a monopoly coalition with the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

and the

Chondoist Chongu Party The Chondoist Chongu Party () is a united front party in North Korea. The party was founded on 8 February 1946 by a group of followers of the Ch'ŏndogyo. The party increasingly came under the influence of the government over time and is now ...

called the

Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland The Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea (DFRK), also known as the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland (DFRF) or the Fatherland Front, was a North Korean united front formed on 25 June 1949 and led by the Workers ...

. Elections are held in five-year intervals, the most recent taking place in 2019. Although the Supreme People's Assembly is the primary legislative body of the DPRK, it ordinarily delegates authority to the smaller and more powerful

Presidium A presidium or praesidium is a council of executive officers in some countries' political assemblies that collectively administers its business, either alongside an individual president or in place of one. The term is also sometimes used for the ...

, chosen from among its members.

Leadership

*President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ::

Kim Yong-nam Kim Yong-nam (; born 4 February 1928) is a North Korean retired politician who served as the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, from 1998 until 2019. Due to holding the office, he was considered the hea ...

*Vice Presidents of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ::

Yang Hyong-sop Yang Hyong-sop (; 1 October 1925 – 13 May 2022) was a North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1983 to 1998 (from 1994 it was f ...

:: Kim Yong-dae *Honorable Vice Presidents of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ::

Pak Song-chol Pak Song-chol or Park Sung-chul (; 2 September 1913 – 28 October 2008) was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1976 to 1977. He succeeded Kim Il. He also served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1970. Biog ...

Kim Yong-ju Kim Yong-ju (; 21 September 1920 – 13 December 2021) was a North Korean politician and the younger brother of Kim Il Sung, who ruled North Korea from 1948 to 1994. Under his brother's rule, Kim Yong-ju held key posts including Politburo membe ...

*Secretary General of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly ::

Kim Yun-hyok Kim may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim dynasty (disambiguation), several dynasti ...

*Members of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly :: Ryu Mi-yong :: Kang Yong-sop :: Pak Tae-hwa ::

Hong Sok-hyong Hong Sok-hyong () is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was secretary of the WPK Central Committee and Director of the WPK Planning and Finance Department. Biography Born in Seoul in 1936 during the Japanese occupati ...

:: Ri Kwang-ho :: Ryom Sun-gil ::

Sung Sang-sop Sung may refer to: *Sung, Cambodia, commune in Samlout District, Battambang Province *Singing (past participle of the verb "to sing") Chinese history *Song (state) (宋) (11th century BC – 286 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, a ...

:: Pak Sun-hui :: Pyon Yong-rip :: Thae Yong-chol *Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly ::

Choe Thae-bok Choe Thae-bok (; 1 December 1930 – 20 January 2024) was a North Korean politician. He was a member of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, and was chairman (speaker) of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly 21 ...

*Vice Chairmen of the Supreme People's Assembly :: Kang Nung-so :: Ryo Won-gu

Sessions

1st session

Date: 3 September 2003 Highlights: * The SPA chairman and vice-chairmen were elected. * The Credentials Committee was elected with

Jon Pyong-ho Jon Pyong-ho (, 20 March 1926 – 7 July 2014) was a North Korean officer and politician who served as the Chief Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean Workers Party (KWP) Committee of the Cabinet of North Korea, North Korean Cabinet, ...

as its chairman. *

Kim Jong-il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his death in 2011, when he was ...

was re-elected as Chairman of the National Defense Commission. * The SPA Presidium was elected. * The

National Defence Commission The National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDC) was the highest state institution for military and national defence leadership in North Korea, which also served as the highest governing institution of the countr ...

was elected. ** First Vice Chairman:

Jo Myong-rok Jo Myong-rok ( 12 July 1928 – 6 November 2010) was a North Korean military officer who held the military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal). In 1998, he was appointed first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, Direct ...

** Vice Chairmen:

Yon Hyong-muk Yon Hyong-muk (; November 3, 1931 – October 22, 2005), also spelt Yong Hyong-muk, was a long-serving politician in North Korea and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the Kim family. He was Prime Mini ...

Ri Yong-mu Ri Yong-mu (; 25 January 1925 – 27 January 2022) was a North Korean senior official who was a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea and vice-marshal of the Korea ...

** Members:

Kim Yong-chun Kim Yong-chun (4 March 1936 – 16 August 2018) was a North Korean soldier and politician. He was a leader of the North Korean military. He held the North Korean military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal), was Vice Chairman of the National Defense Com ...

Kim Il-chol Kim Il-chol (, 1933 – September 2023) was a North Korean military officer who was a member of the National Defence Commission and Minister for Defence. Biography Kim was born in Pyongyang in 1933. He graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutiona ...

, Choe Ryong-su, Paek Se-bong * The

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...

and the

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were elected. ** Premier:

Pak Pong-ju Pak Pong-ju (; born 10 April 1939) is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2013 to 2019. He was elected a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 2016. Early ...

** Vice Premiers:

Kwak Pom-gi Kwak Pom-gi (; born 20 November 1939) is a North Korean government official. After graduating from Huichon Industrial College, he began his career in 1983 as a machine factory manager, progressing through the machinery bureau of the Workers' P ...

Ro Tu-chol Ro Tu-chol (, born 2 October 1950) is a Vice Premier of North Korea's cabinet and the Chairman of the State Planning Commission. During Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev's three-day visit to Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capita ...

, Jon Sung-hun ** Minister of Foreign Affairs: Paek Nam-sun ** Minister of Public Security: Choe Ryong-su ** Chairman of the State Planning Commission: Kim Kwang-rin ** Minister of Power and Coal Industries: Ju Tong-il ** Minister of Extractive Industries: Ri Kwang-nam ** Minister of Metal and Machine Building Industries: Kim Sung-hyon ** Minister of Electronics Industry:

O Su-yong O Su-yong (; born 1944) is a North Korean politician. He was a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the director of the Economic Affairs Department of the WPK. Biography O Su-yong was born in 1944. In 1988, he was appointed t ...

** Minister of Construction and Building Materials Industries: Jo Yun-hui ** Minister of Railways: Kim Yong-sam ** Minister of Land and Marine Transport: Kim Yong-il ** Minister of Agriculture: Ri Kyong-sik ** Minister of Chemical Industry: Ri Mu-yong ** Minister of Light Industry: Ri Ju-o ** Minister of Foreign Trade: Ri Kwang-gun ** Minister of Forestry: Ri Sang-mu ** Minister of Fisheries: Ri Song-ung ** Minister of City Management: Choe Jong-gon ** Minister of Land and Environment Preservation: Jang Il-son ** Minister of State Construction Control: Pae Tal-jun ** Minister of Commerce: Ri Yong-son ** Minister of Procurement and Food Administration: Choe Nam-gyun ** Minister of Education: Kim Yong-jin ** Minister of Posts and Telecommunications: Ri Kum-bom ** Minister of Culture: Choe Ik-gyu ** Minister of Finance: Mun Il-bong ** Minister of Labor: Ri Won-il ** Minister of Public Health: Kim Su-hak ** Minister of Physical Culture and Sports: Pak Myong-chol ** Minister of State Inspection: Kim Ui-sun ** President of the Academy of Sciences: Pyon Yong-rip ** Chairman of the Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission: Pak Myong-chol ** President of the Central Bank: Kim Wan-su ** Director of the Central Statistic Bureau: Kim Chang-su ** Chief Secretary: Jong Mun-san * The SPA committees were elected. ** Legislation Committee *** Chairman: Choe Ryong-su ** Budget Committee *** Chairman: Han Song-ryong * The Public Prosecutor-General of the Central Public Prosecutors' Office and the President of the Central Court were elected. ** Public Prosecutor-General of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office: Ri Kil-song ** Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kim Pyong-ryul * The measures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in relation to the DPRK-US nuclear issue were approved. * Jon Pyong-ho made a report on the credentials of the SPA deputies. * Jon Pyong-ho's report on the credentials of the SPA deputies was approved.

2nd session

Date: 25 March 2004 Highlights: * Premier Pak Pong-ju made a report on the work of the Cabinet in 2003 and its tasks in 2004. * Finance minister Mun Il-bong made a report on the implementation of the 2003 state budget and on the 2004 state budget. * Pak Pong-ju's report on the work of the Cabinet and Mun Il-bong's report on the implementation of the 2003 state budget were approved. * The 2004 state budget was adopted.

3rd session

Date: 11 April 2005 Highlights: * Premier Pak Pong-ju made a report on the work of the Cabinet in 2004 and its tasks in 2005. * Finance minister Mun Il-bong made a report on the implementation of the 2004 state budget and on the 2005 state budget. * Pak Pong-ju's report on the work of the Cabinet and Mun Il-bong's report on the implementation of the 2004 state budget were approved. * The 2005 state budget was adopted. *

Choe Yong-rim Choe Yong-rim (, born 20 November 1930) is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from June 2010 to April 2013 and was a member of the 6th Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea.

was elected as secretary general of the SPA presidium. * Kang Chang-uk was elected as a member of the SPA presidium.

4th session

Date: 11 April 2006 Highlights: * Premier Pak Pong-ju made a report on the work of the Cabinet in 2005 and its tasks in 2006. * Vice premier Ro Tu-chol made a report on the implementation of the 2005 state budget and on the 2006 state budget. * Pak Pong-ju's report on the work of the Cabinet and Ro Tu-chol's report on the implementation of the 2005 state budget were approved. * The 2006 state budget was adopted. * SPA chairman Choe Thae-bok made a report on improving the development of science and technology. * A decision on improving the development of science and technology was adopted.

5th session

Date: 11 April 2007 Highlights: * Vice premier Kwak Pom-gi made a report on the work of the Cabinet in 2006 and its tasks in 2007. * Vice premier Ro Tu-chol made a report on the implementation of the 2006 state budget and on the 2007 state budget. * The 2007 state budget was adopted. *

Kim Yong-il Kim Yong-il (; born 2 May 1944) is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from April 2007 to 7 June 2010. He was elected as Premier by the 5th session of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) in April 2007, repla ...

was elected as Premier replacing Pak Pong-ju. *

was elected as NDC vice chairman.

6th session

Date: 9 April 2008 Highlights: * Premier Kim Yong-il made a report on the work of the Cabinet in 2007 and its tasks in 2008. * Vice premier Ro Tu-chol made a report on the implementation of the 2007 state budget and on the 2008 state budget. * The 2008 state budget was adopted. * SPA vice chairman Kang Nung-so was recalled.

References

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