People's Committee of North Korea
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The People's Committee of North Korea (Korean: 북조선인민위원회) was a provisional government governing the Northern portion of the Korean Peninsula from 1947 until 1948.
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People's Committee of North Korea 북조선인민위원회 | |||||||||
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1947–1948 | |||||||||
Anthem: Aegukga 애국가 "Patriotic Song" | |||||||||
Status | Provisional government under Soviet Civil Administration | ||||||||
Capital | Pyongyang | ||||||||
Common languages | Korean | ||||||||
Religion | State atheism | ||||||||
Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist provisional government | ||||||||
Chairman | |||||||||
• 1947–1948 | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||
Legislature | People's Assembly | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Established | 22 February 1947 | ||||||||
9 September 1948 | |||||||||
Currency | Korean yen[2] (1946–1947) North Korean won (1947–1948) Won of the Red Army Command (1945–1947) | ||||||||
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People's Committee of North Korea | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 북조선인민위원회 |
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Hancha | 北朝鮮人民委員會 |
Revised Romanization | Bukjoseon Inmin Wiwonhoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Pukchosŏn Inmin Wiwŏnhoe |
Established on 21 February 1947 as the successor of the de facto provisional government of the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea, the provisional government was pro-Soviet and ideologically communist. It functioned alongside the Soviet Civil Administration, which served in an advisory role to the provisional government. The committee oversaw the transition from Soviet occupation in northern Korea to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which was established on 9 September 1948.