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PRP
Party record / kpPRP
North KoreaSouth KoreaPartyDissolved

People's Republic Party

인민공화당 Inmin Konghwadang

Social democracyLeft-wing nationalismKorean reunificationCentre-leftLeft-wing
Overview

A Korean centre-left nationalist party founded in Seoul in 1947 as a successor to the Korean National Revolutionary Party (KNRP). It continued politically in North Korea, and disappeared during the period of the 1957-1959 political purges.

The party's last identifiable mention of its parliamentary representation in the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly was following the 1957 elections.

Leadership

Chairman: Kim Won-bong (1 June 1947 – 24 October 1958)

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Record ID: kpPRPLast edited October 2026