People's Committee of North Korea

The People's Committee of North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl: 북조선인민위원회) was a provisional government governing the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula from 1947 until 1948.

People's Committee of North Korea 북조선인민위원회
1947–1948
Flag of the Soviet Union (top) Flag of northern Korea (bottom)[1] Emblem
Anthem: Aegukka 애국가 "Patriotic Song"
Location of northern Korea
Status	Unitary Marxist–Leninist provisional government
Capital	Pyongyang
Common languages	Korean
Religion	Cheondoism, Shamanisma
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[2] (1946–1947) North Korean won (1947–1948)
Preceded by Succeeded by Provisional People's Committee of North Korea North Korea
^a See Religion in North Korea.

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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 towards a communist state in the Soviet-occupied northern Korea known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which was established on 9 September 1948.