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| Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
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| Overview | |
| Original title | 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의헌법 |
| Jurisdiction | Korea |
| Presented | 23 October 1972 |
| Ratified | 27 December 1972 |
| Date effective | 27 December 1972 |
| System | Unitary one-party socialist republic |
| Government structure | |
| Branches | 3 |
| Head of state | President of the State Affairs Commission |
| Chambers | Unicameral (Supreme People's Assembly) |
| Executive | Premier-led Cabinet |
| Judiciary | Central Court |
| Electoral college | Supreme People's Assembly |
| History | |
| First legislature | 25 December 1972 |
| First executive | 27 December 1972 |
| First court | 27 December 1972 |
| Amendments | 10 |
| Last amended | 28 September 2023 |
| Commissioned by | Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea |
| Author(s) | Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea |
| Signatories | Supreme People's Assembly |
| Supersedes | 1948 Constitution |
| Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의헌법 |
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| Hancha | 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國社會主義憲法 |
| Revised Romanization | Joseon Minjujuui Inmin Gonghwaguk Sahoejuui Heonbeop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk Sahoejuŭi Hŏnpŏp |
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The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의헌법) is the constitution of North Korea. It was approved by the 6th Supreme People's Assembly at its first session on 27 December 1972, and has been amended and supplemented in 1998, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 (twice), 2023 and 2024. It replaced the country's first constitution which was approved in 1948.
The constitution consists of seven chapters and 172 articles and codifies North Korea's basic principles on politics, economy, culture and national defense, the basic rights and duties of the country's citizens, the organization of the North Korean government and the country's national symbols.
North Korea is also governed by the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System, which some claim have come to supersede the constitution and in practice serve as the supreme law of the country.[1][2][3]
- ^ "N. Korea revises leadership ideology to legitimize rule of Kim Jong-un". Yonhap News Agency. August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ Lim, Jae-Cheon (2008). Kim Jong-il's Leadership of North Korea. United Kingdom: Routledge. ISBN 9780203884720. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ Green, Christopher. "Wrapped in a Fog: On the North Korean Constitution and the Ten Principles," Sino-NK, June 5, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2016.