The supreme state organ of power is a type of legislature and the supreme institution in communist states. It operates under the Marxist–Leninist principle of unified state power and serves as the ape
The National Assembly House, which is the seat of Vietnam's SSOP, the National Assembly. Constitutionally defined in 1946, it can be considered as the oldest existing SSOP.
The politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the ruling party of East Germany. The party is responsible for guiding the activities of the SSOP in communist states.
A sign on a Chinese street that reads "Party, government, military, civilian, and academic, north, south, east, west, and center, the Party leads everything."
A picture of the Meeting Room of the Procuratorial Committee of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate. In China, as in every other communist state, no institution or law stands above the SSOP.
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is a communist state constitution and the supreme law of the People's Republic of China.
Delegates to the 1st National People's Congress voting for the Constitution in 1954
The first session of the 13th National People's Congress voting on the constitutional amendment on 11 March 2018