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.
- Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (party)
- Central National Security 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 Defense Commission of North Korea (state counterpart)
- Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam (party)
- Council for National Defense and Security (Vietnam) (state counterpart)
In rare cases, CMCs also for exists for a one-party state espousing anti-communism, as in the case for pre-1949 Republic of China--as the Kuomintang's party and military organizations are modeled from the USSR under the Soviet-educated Chiang Ching-kuo
- National Military Council defunct Chinese KMT committee (disbanded in 1947 when the army was nationalized and is no longer belonged to the KMT)
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