Corée du Nord Gouvernement Profil 2008

Capitale

nom: Pyongyang
coordonnées géographiques: 39 01 N, 125 45 E
différence de temps: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Fête de l'Indépendance

15 Aoüt 1945 (from Japan)

Fête nationale

Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 Septembre (1948)

Constitution

adopted 1948; completely revised 27 Decembre 1972, revised again in Avril 1992, and Septembre 1998

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

17 ans; universal

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): KIM Jong Il (depuis July 1994); note - on 3 September 2003, rubberstamp Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) reelected KIM Jong Il chairman of the National Defense Commission, a position accorded nation's "highest administrative authority"; SPA reelected KIM Yong Nam president of its Presidium also with responsibility of representing state and receiving diplomatic credentials
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Premier KIM Yong Il (depuis 11 April 2007); Vice Premiers KWAK Pom Gi (depuis 5 September 1998), JON Sung Hun (depuis 3 September 2003), RO Tu Chol (depuis 3 September 2003), THAE Jong Su (depuis 16 October 2007)
cabinet: Naegak (cabinet) members, except for Minister of People's Armed Forces, are appointed by SPA
elections: last held in September 2003 (next to be held in September 2008)
election results: KIM Jong Il and KIM Yong Nam were only nominees for positions and ran unopposed