A Central Military Commission or National Defense Commission is an organisation typical of Communist one-party states, responsible for supervising the nation's armed forces.
Examples of existing CMCs can be found for example in China and Vietnam and North Korea
- Central Military Commission (Chinese Soviet Republic)
- Central Military Commission (Kuomintang)
- Central Military Commission (People's Republic of China)
- Central Military Commission (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
- Central Military Commission (DPRK)
- National Defense Commission (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)