Kim Jong-un Re-elected as North Korea’s State Affairs Commission President

Kim Jong-un was re-elected to the presidency of the State Affairs Commission, North Korea’s highest decision-making body, during a session of the Supreme People’s Assembly on March 22, 2026, state news agency KCNA reported Monday.

The re-election took place during the first session of the assembly’s 15th legislature, according to KCNA. The agency stated the decision to reaffirm Kim Jong-un’s position reflects “the unanimous will and desire of all the Korean people.”

All 687 members of the new legislative body were elected on March 15, with a reported participation rate of 99.9 percent. The re-election of Kim Jong-un solidifies his continued leadership of the country, which he has held since the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in late 2011.

North Korea was founded by Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un’s grandfather, in 1948, establishing a communist dynasty that continues to govern the nation. Kim Il-sung remains the country’s “eternal president,” despite his death in 1994.

Analysts suggest the current session of the Supreme People’s Assembly may consider constitutional amendments, potentially formalizing a shift in inter-Korean relations to define them as those between “two hostile states.”