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The North Korean Government is the executive branch of the state, according to the constitution.1 In practice, the highest decisions are made by the National Defence Commission of North Korea led by its Chairman Kim Jong-il. The government is confirmed by the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). The SPA chooses a premier who appoints three vice premiers and the government's ministers. The government is dominated by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and has been since North Korea's inception in 1948. The Cabinet now has the right to supervise and control the Local People’s Committee (LPC) with regard to local economies and administration. As the State Administrative Council (SAC) was replaced by the Cabinet, the Local Administrative and Economic Committee (LAEC) was abolished and its functions regarding local politics transferred to the LPC. A party chief secretary no longer concurrently holds the post of LPC chairman, which has been taken over by a former LAEC chairman. Thus, the LPC is theoretically independent of the local party and is under the control of the Cabinet. The status of the LPC as the local executive organ, in principle, became higher than before.
The Economist Intelligence Unit, while admitting that "There is no consensus on how to measure democracy" and that "definitions of democracy are contested", lists North Korea in last place as an authoritarian regime in its Democracy Index assessing 167 countries. 2
Cabinet
- Premier
- Vice Premier
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of People's Armed Forces
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of People's Security
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Public Health
- Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
- Ministry of Land and Marine Transport
- Ministry of Railways
- Ministry of Commerce
- Ministry of Labour
- Ministry of Culture
- Ministry of City Management
- Ministry of Metal Industry
- Ministry of Electronics Industry
- Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industries
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Forestry
- Ministry of Fisheries
- Ministry of Crude Oil Industry
- Ministry of Land and Environment Preservation
- Ministry of State Construction Control
- Ministry of Procurement and Food Administration
- Ministry of State Inspection
- State Planning Commission
- Chairman of the Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission
- Director of the Central Statistic Bureau
- President of the Central Bank
- President of the National Academy of Sciences
- Chief Secretary of the Cabinet
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Notes
- ^ ""Naenara" `official' press agency - Politics in Korea - THE STATE AND POLITICAL SYSTEM - Constitution" (in English). Naenara (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
- ^ "Economist Intelligence Unit democracy index 2006" (PDF) (in English). Economist Intelligence Unit (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
