Provisional People's Committee of North Korea
Provisional People's Committee of North Korea 북조선림시인민위원회 (Korean) | |||||||||||
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| 1946–1947 | |||||||||||
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| Anthem: 애국가 Aegukga "The Patriotic Song" | |||||||||||
Location of northern Korea | |||||||||||
| Status | Provisional government under Soviet Civil Administration | ||||||||||
| Capital | Pyongyang | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Korean | ||||||||||
| Religion | None | ||||||||||
| Government | Provisional communist government | ||||||||||
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• 1946–1947 | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Soviet takeover of People's Committees north of the 38th parallel | 8 February 1946 | ||||||||||
• People's Committee of North Korea established | 21 February 1947 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Korean yen, 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.
Following the banning of the People's Republic of Korea by the United States military occupational forces in southern Korea in December 1945, the Soviet occupation forces then co-opted the remaining people's committees on 8 February 1946 in response for the need of 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.