People's Committee of North Korea

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People's Committee of North Korea 북조선인민위원회
1947–1948
Flag[1] Emblem
Anthem: Aegukga[2][3] 애국가 "Patriotic Song"
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
Chairman
• 1947–1948	Kim Il Sung
Legislature	People's Assembly
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	22 February 1947
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea proclaimed	9 September 1948
Currency	Korean yen[4] (1947) Won of the Red Army Command (1947) North Korean won (1947–1948)
Preceded by Succeeded by Provisional People's Committee of North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea
^a See Religion in 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.

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.

The People's Committee of North Korea was organized during the first session of the People's Assembly of North Korea held on 21–22 February 1947. The session decided to transfer the power of the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea to the People's Committee of North Korea, and elected Kim Il Sung as its chairman based on the proposal of the Democratic National United Front head Choe Yong-gon.

The People's Assembly gave authorization to Kim Il Sung to organize the People's Committee.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, effectively dissolving the provisional government. Soviet forces departed from North Korea in 1948.

• Soviet occupation of North Korea
• Soviet Civil Administration
• Korea under Japanese rule
• Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
• United States Army Military Government in Korea
• People's Republic of Korea
• Korean War