Central Military Commission
A Central Military Commission or National Defense Commission is an organization typical of socialist one-party states espousing communism responsible for the ruling party's control of the nation's armed forces. In a way, its functions are similar to national security councils. Examples of existing CMCs can be found for example in China, North Korea and Vietnam. In China and North Korea both CMCs are actually same and have equal power over the military. But in Vietnam only the party CMC controls the armed forces. People's Republic of China Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (party) Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China (state counterpart) Democratic People's Republic of Korea Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (party) National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (state counterpart) Socialist Republic of Vietnam Central Military C...