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9 years, 11 days Workers' Party of North Korea: 1st SPA: Kim Il Sung: Workers' Party of Korea: Choe Yong-gon 최용건 (1900–1976) 20 September 1957 28 December 1972 15 years, 99 days Korean Social Democratic Party: 2nd SPA 3rd SPA 4th SPA: Workers' Party of Korea: President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Il Sung 김일성 ...
Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea has continued to develop nuclear weapons, testing bombs in February 2013, January and September 2016, and September 2017. [158] As of 2021, North Korea had tested nearly 120 missiles, four times more than in the time of his father and grandfather. [109] [86] By 2023, this climbed up to a total of 226. [159]
Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Kim Jong Un, the current Supreme Leader of North Korea, holds many titles and offices.
[108] [109] His grandfather Kim Il Sung, the founder and leader of North Korea until his death in 1994, is the country's "eternal President", [110] while his father Kim Jong Il who succeeded Kim Il Sung as the leader was announced "Eternal General Secretary" and "Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission" after his death in 2011. [108]
This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government. In some cases, mainly in presidential systems , one leader is head of state and head of government . In other cases, mainly in semi-presidential and parliamentary systems , the head of state and the head of government are different people.
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On 13 August 2020, in the wake of COVID-19 spillover in North Korea and floods hitting the southern part of the country, he was appointed premier of the cabinet by Kim Jong Un, and elevated to the top-level Politburo Presidium. [6] From 2022 to December of 2024, he has been the second-highest-ranking official in North Korea after Kim Jong Un. [7]
Kim Jong Un became North Korea's Supreme Leader on 29 December 2011. [24] He married Ri Sol-ju in either 2009 or 2010, and the couple reportedly had a daughter, Kim Ju-ae, in 2012. [ 17 ] His sister Kim Yo-jong had fallen out of favor with her brother for a few years, but in 2017, she was elevated by Kim Jong Un to the powerful Central ...