The Pyongyang City People's Committee () is the local administrative agency of Pyongyang. It is officially elected by the Pyongyang City People's Assembly and is formally responsible to the Assembly and its Standing Committee. The People's Committee is headed by a chairman, currently Choi Hee-tae. The chairman is subordinate to the secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Functions The Pyongyang City People's Committee is the formal municipal government. it is subordinated to the Pyongyang WPK committee and to the Cabinet of North Korea. It deals with practical administrative matters such as: Urban management; Public services; Construction administration; Local economic administration; Municipal infrastructure; Implementation of state policies.
The Pyongyang WPK committee, however, exercises political leadership over the general direction of those activities.
Chairpersons Kang Hee-won ( (1962 – ?) Kang Song-san (1969 – 1975) Jong Jun-gi (1977 – ?) Ryang Man-gil (1998 – 2006) Pang Chol-gap (2006 – 2007) Pak Kwan-o (2007 – 2010)박관오 인물관계도 Ryang Man-gil (2010 – 2012) Cha Hui-rim (2012 – 2020) Choi Hee-tae (2020 – )
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