Provisional People's Committee of North Korea 북조선림시인민위원회 (Korean) | |||||||||
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| 1946–1947 | |||||||||
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 Location of northern Korea | |||||||||
| Status | Provisional government under Soviet Civil Administration | ||||||||
| Capital | Pyongyang | ||||||||
| Common languages | Korean | ||||||||
| Religion | State atheism | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist provisional government | ||||||||
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• 1946–1947 | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||
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• Established | 8 February 1946 | ||||||||
• People's Committee of North Korea established | 21 February 1947 | ||||||||
| Currency | Korean yen,[1] Won of the Red Army Command | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | KP | ||||||||
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| Today part of | North Korea South Korea | ||||||||
The Provisional People's Committee of North Korea (Korean: 북조선림시인민위원회) was the provisional government of North Korea.
The committee was established on 8 February 1946 in response for the need of the Soviet Civil Administration and the communists to have centralization of power in northern Korea, which was then an area divided into provincial people's committees. Regarded as the highest administrative power institution in northern Korea, it also became a de facto provisional government that carried out reforms, such as land reforms and the nationalization of key industries.
The committee was succeeded by the People's Committee of North Korea on 21 February 1947, which became a provisional government as northern Korea transitioned into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- ^ Cho, Lee-Jay; Kim, Yoon Hyung, eds. (1995). Economic systems in South and North Korea: the agenda for economic integration. Korea Development Institute. p. 161. ISBN 978-89-8063-001-1.