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{{Short description|Head of North Korea's armed forces}}
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| body = the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
| native_name = 조선민주주의인민공화국무력 총사령관
| insignia = [[File:Emblem of the Korean People's Army.svg|125px]]
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the [[Korean People's Army]]
| image = Kim Jong-un April 2019 (cropped).pngjpg
| incumbent = [[Kim Jong Un]]
| incumbentsince = 30 December 2011
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{{Infobox Korean name
| image =File: Emblem_of_the_Supreme_Commander_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Army.png
| 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
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|title=Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of North Korea}}
{{Politics of North Korea}}
The '''Commander-in-Chief of the [[Korean People's Army|Armed Forces]] of [[North Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]''' ({{Korean|hangul=조선민주주의인민공화국무력 총사령관}}) is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Korean People's Army]], the [[military]] of [[North Korea]]. The office was established on 4 July 1950 and abolished with the passing of a new constitution in 1972. Since then, the office of [[Eternal leaders of North Korea#Presidency of North Korea before 1994|President of North Korea]], the Chairman of the [[National Defence Commission]] and the [[President of the State Affairs Commission]] have been referred to as supreme commanders in accordance with the constitution.
 
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 (1950–721950–1972)===
The position was first known as the '''Chief Commander of the Korean People's Army''' ({{Korean|hangul=조선인민군 총사령관|labels=no}}) 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 of North Korea|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|hangul=조선인민군 최고사령관|labels=no}}) 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>
 
Following the end of the Korean War, Kim Il Sung continued to exercise his powers as KPA Supreme Commander.
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[[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 |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]] |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 &#124; |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/20210725062836im20210725062836/https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/DPRK constitution %20constitution%20(2019).pdf |archive-date=2021-07-25 |title=Socialist Constitution of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea}}</ref>
== Powers ==
The North Korean constitution gives the Supreme Commander with the power to command the entire armed forces of the country.
 
Aside from issuing orders, the specific powers of the Supreme Commander are unknown.
 
Starting in 2018, Kim Jong Un stopped issuing orders in the name of the Supreme Commander. Instead, he issues orders for the North Korean military in the name of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.
 
==References==
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