This was established on 8 October 1945 and was headed by the nationalist and South Pyongan people's committee chairman Cho Man-sik, who was the most prominent figure in northern Korea and one of the Soviet's candidates for a future North Korean leader. This committee was a temporary self-governing institution created by representatives of the five provincial people's committees in northern Korea, which consisted of an alliance between communists and nationalists. The Administrative Committee of Five Provinces ended following the arrest of Cho Man-sik by the Soviets in January 1946 due to opposing ideologies between the two and Cho's opposition to the proposal of the Moscow Conference for a trusteeship in Korea.