sentences:  On 11 April 2019, the constitution was amended to make the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission the head of state of North Korea.Another constitutional amendment on 29 August of the same year gave the Chairman the power to promulgate the ordinances of the Supreme People's Assembly and the decrees and decisions of the State Affairs Commission and appoint North Korea's diplomatic representatives to foreign countries.According to the Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission is elected by the Supreme People's Assembly.