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{{Short description|Head of North Korea's armed forces}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post =
| body = the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
| native_name = 조선민주주의인민공화국무력 총사령관
| insignia =
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the [[Korean People's Army]]
| image = Kim Jong-un April 2019 (cropped).jpg
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{{Infobox Korean name
| image =
| caption = Emblem of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army until 2022; since 2022 its usage has become depreciated.
| hangul = 조선민주주의인민공화국 무력 최고사령관
| hanja = 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 武力 最高司令官
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|title=Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of North Korea}}
{{Politics of North Korea}}
The '''Commander-in-Chief of the
As such, the only officeholder is [[Kim Il Sung]]. But the title has been bestowed on both [[Kim Jong Il]] and [[Kim Jong Un]], and legally enforced through the offices of Chairman of the National Defense Commission and President of the State Affairs Commission respectively. All officeholders are also the Chairman of the [[Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea]].
==History==
===As an office (1950–72)===▼
The position was first known as the '''Chief Commander of the Korean People's Army''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 조선인민군 총사령관) which was established on 8 February 1948 along with the founding of the Korean People's Army. [[Ministry of People's Armed Forces|Minister of National Defense]] [[Choe Yong-gon (army commander)|Choe Yong-gon]] was appointed to this position.▼
On 4 July 1950, the [[1st Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly|1st Standing Committee]] of the [[1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea|1st Supreme People's Assembly]] issued a decree which created the position '''Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 조선인민군 최고사령관) with [[Kim Il Sung]] being appointed to the position.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Political Situation in Korea During the Period of Military Operations|url=https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/114916|website=Wilson Center Digital Archive|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> This was part of the reorganization of the Korean People's Army during the North Korean invasion of [[South Korea]] at the initial stages of the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wada|first=Haruki|title=The Korean War: An International History|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2018|isbn=9781538116425|pages=99}}</ref>▼
▲The position was first known as the '''Chief Commander of the Korean People's Army''' (
▲On
Following the end of the Korean War, Kim Il Sung continued to exercise his powers as KPA Supreme Commander.
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On 13 April 2012, the constitution was amended to transfer the powers of supreme commander to the First Chairman of the National Defense Commission to which Kim Jong Un was elected. Kim Jong Un was later elected as [[President of the State Affairs Commission]] on 29 June 2016 to which the powers of supreme commander were transferred to.
On 15 April 2015, Kim Jong Un began to be referred to as '''Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea''' despite the constitution designating him as commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Yonhap |title=NK leader newly called 'supreme commander of Armed Forces of DPRK' |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190416000663 |access-date=11 May 2020 |work=
[[File:Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.svg|thumb|Standard of the Supreme Commander until 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=North Korea completes erasure of Kim Jong Un's 'supreme commander' symbol
▲On 15 April 2015, Kim Jong Un began to be referred to as '''Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea''' despite the constitution designating him as commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Yonhap |title=NK leader newly called 'supreme commander of Armed Forces of DPRK' |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190416000663 |access-date=11 May 2020 |work=koreaherald.com |agency=The Korea Herald |publisher=Herald Corporation |date=16 April 2019}}</ref>
▲[[File:Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.svg|thumb|Standard of the Supreme Commander until 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=North Korea completes erasure of Kim Jong Un's 'supreme commander' symbol {{!}} NK News |url=https://www.nknews.org/2022/02/north-korea-completes-erasure-of-kim-jong-uns-supreme-commander-symbol/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=NK News - North Korea News |language=en-US}}</ref>]]
The constitution was revised on 12 April 2019 which replaced the mention of "supreme commander" with "commander-in-chief."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nknews.org/2020/05/north-korean-tv-erasing-kim-jong-uns-supreme-commander-emblem/ |title=North Korean TV erasing Kim Jong Un's Supreme Commander emblem |work=NK News |date=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/DPRK%20constitution%20(2019).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725062836/https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/DPRK%20constitution%20(2019).pdf |archive-date=2021-07-25 |title=Socialist Constitution of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea}}</ref>
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