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Supreme Junta of Quito
The Supreme Junta of Quito (Junta Soberana de Quito) was a creole governing board that took power in Quito on 10 August 1809, the first autonomous government in Hispanic America.
Supreme Leader of Iran (رهبر ایران)
The Supreme Leader of Iran (رهبر ایران) is Iran's highest authority, commanding the armed forces and judiciary; held by Khomeini, then Ali Khamenei, and Mojtaba Khamenei since 2026.
Supreme Leader Snoke
Supreme Leader Snoke: dark-side ruler of the First Order in Star Wars Episodes VII-VIII, master of Kylo Ren, played via motion capture by Andy Serkis; killed by Ren, later revealed as Palpatine's genetic strandcast puppet.
Supreme Legal Committee in Suwayda
Supreme Legal Committee in Suwayda (اللجنة القانونية العليا في السويداء), a de facto Druze administrative body formed August 2025 under Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri after the July offensive; dissolved 7 April 2026, replaced by the Crisis Management Council.
Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee
The Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (VMOk) was a Bulgarian émigré revolutionary organization, seated in Sofia, seeking autonomy for Ottoman Macedonia and Adrianople Thrace from 1895 to 1905.
Supreme Master Television
Supreme Master Television (SMTV), also called Supreme Master TV, is a 24/7 free-to-air non-profit satellite and internet channel founded in 2006, inspired by Supreme Master Ching Hai, airing constructive news, spiritual programs, and vegan advocacy worldwide.
Supreme Military Council (Ghana)
The Supreme Military Council (SMC) was Ghana's ruling military junta from 1975 to 1979, chaired by Generals Acheampong and Akuffo, until Rawlings's mutiny replaced it.
Supreme Muslim Council
The Supreme Muslim Council (المجلس الإسلامي الأعلى) was the official Muslim body of Mandatory Palestine, created by the British in 1921 to administer waqf properties and shari'a courts.
Supreme National Council of Cambodia
The Supreme National Council of Cambodia (SNC) was a twelve-member interim body led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk that represented Cambodian sovereignty during the 1991 to 1993 transition.
Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의)
Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의), North Korea's unicameral legislature and nominal highest organ of state power: 687 deputies, five-year terms, single party-nominated candidates, first elected 25 August 1948, rubber-stamp body.
Supreme Political Council (المجلس السياسي الأعلى)
Supreme Political Council (المجلس السياسي الأعلى), a ten-member Houthi-GPC governing body formed in 2016 in Sana'a, Yemen; exercises presidential power in Houthi-held areas but lacks international recognition versus the Aden-based Presidential Leadership Council.
Supreme Privy Council
The Supreme Privy Council (Верховный тайный совет) was the highest state organ of the Russian Empire from 1726 to 1730, created by Catherine I and abolished by Anna Ioannovna.
Supreme Privy Council and the 'Conditions' of 1730
The 'Conditions' of 1730 were written limits on Empress Anna Ioannovna's power, proposed by the Supreme Privy Council; she tore them up on 25 February 1730, restoring autocracy.
Supreme Ruthenian Council
The Supreme Ruthenian Council (Ukrainian: Holovna Ruska Rada) was the first legal Ukrainian political organization, founded in Lviv in 1848 to represent Galicia's Ruthenians, and dissolved in 1851.
Supreme Sangha Council
The Supreme Sangha Council, also called the Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand (มหาเถรสมาคม), governs the country's Buddhist monkhood under the Supreme Patriarch and a 1962 Sangha Act.
Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (Belarusian: Вярхоўны Савет) was the republic's legislature and highest organ of state power, adopting its 1937 and 1978 constitutions and renaming the state in 1991.
Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu) was the highest organ of state authority in the Estonian SSR from 1940 until 1990, when its democratically elected successor led the restoration of independence.
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (Верховный Совет СССР) was the USSR's bicameral national legislature, created by the 1936 constitution and dissolved with the union in 1991.
Supreme Team (gang)
Supreme Team, Queens, New York street gang founded 1981 by Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff in Baisley Park Houses, South Jamaica; Five Percenter roots, $200,000-a-day 1987 peak, led later by Gerald "Prince" Miller, ended in federal RICO life sentences.
Supreme War Council
The Supreme War Council (Gunji Sangiin) was a Japanese advisory body established in 1903, composed of marshals and senior officers, to advise the emperor on military affairs.
Supremind (闪马智能)
Supremind (闪马智能), formally Shanghai Supermind Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., is a Shanghai AI company founded in 2019 that analyzes video for traffic, city governance, and content safety.
Supriya Ganesh
Supriya Ganesh (born 1997) is an American actress of Indian origin, a Columbia neuroscience graduate, best known as Dr. Samira Mohan in The Pitt (2025–2026), exiting after Season 2.
Supriya Pathak (सुप्रिया पाठक)
Supriya Pathak (सुप्रिया पाठक), born 1961, Indian Hindi and Gujarati film, TV and stage actress; daughter of Dina Pathak, wife of Pankaj Kapur; known for Kalyug, Bazaar, Khichdi's Hansa Parekh, and Ram-Leela's Dhankor Baa.
Supriya Pilgaonkar
Supriya Pilgaonkar (सुप्रिया पिळगावकर), Indian actress born 1967 in Bombay, wife of Sachin Pilgaonkar; famed for Tu Tu Main Main's Radha, Sasural Genda Phool, Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi, and the Nach Baliye win.
Supriya Sule (सुप्रिया सुळे)
Supriya Sule (सुप्रिया सुळे), Indian politician, working president of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Lok Sabha MP for Baramati since 2009; daughter of Sharad Pawar, four-time election winner, Rajya Sabha member 2006–2009.
Supriyo Datta
Supriyo Datta is an electrical engineer and Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor at Purdue University whose group pioneered the NEGF method for quantum transport and proposed the Datta–Das spin transistor.
Suprofen
Suprofen (R-25061, Suprol, Profenal) is a propionic acid NSAID related to ibuprofen that inhibits prostaglandin synthesis. Its oral capsules were withdrawn worldwide in May 1987 over a flank pain and renal failure syndrome; the 1% ophthalmic solution for surgical miosis also left the market.
Suptavumab
Suptavumab (REGN-2222), a Regeneron human monoclonal antibody against RSV F protein antigenic site V, failed its 2015-2017 phase 3 infant trial when naturally emerging RSV-B strains with L172Q and S173L epitope mutations abolished neutralization; development was discontinued in 2017.
Suq Ukaz
Suq Ukaz (سوق عكاظ) was the most famous of the annual fairs of pre-Islamic Arabia, held in a valley southeast of Mecca, combining trade with poetry competitions and peacemaking.
Suqian
Suqian (宿迁) is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu, China, established July 1996, the province's youngest. Two districts, three counties, 8,555 km²; renamed from Suyu in 762; hometown of Xiang Yu and Yanghe liquor.