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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal President Kim Il Sung 김일성 Official portrait, 1966 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 12 October 1966 – 8 July 1994 Secretary See list Choe Yong-gon Kim Il Pak Kum ...
Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Sung was the founder and first leader of North Korea. According to North Korean sources, the country awarded him "the title of Hero of the DPRK three times, the title of Labour Hero of the DPRK, 26 orders and 3 medals". In addition, foreign countries and organizations conferred upon him 74 orders and 152 medals. [1]
The Order of Kim Il Sung (Korean: 김일성훈장) is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong Il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il Sung , was instituted in 1972 during a reform of the North Korean honors system.
The Supreme People's Assembly declared the foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, with Workers Party vice-chairman Kim Il Sung as its prime minister. [12] On 24 June 1949 the party merged with the Workers' Party of South Korea, forming the Workers' Party of Korea. [1]
On 9 July 1994, on the same day as US and North Korean officials sat down in Geneva to talk, state media flashed a stunning announcement: Kim Il-sung had died of a heart attack. Carter's deal was ...
The Premier ranked as the lowest member of the executive triumvirate: significantly, Kim Jong Il was NDC Chairman without interruption from 1993 until 2011, and Kim Yong-nam was President of the SPA Presidium from 1998 to 2019, while there have been six premiers since Kim Il Sung's death. Kim Tok Hun, the incumbent Premier, has assumed the ...
On Wednesday, North Korea’s state media released a photo showing Kim Jong Un’s large portrait hung on the wall of a building alongside those of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, during his recent ...
When his name is written, it is always emphasized by a special bold font or in a larger font size, for example: "Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung is the Founder of the Socialist Cause of Juche, the Founder of Socialist Korea" or "Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung is the Founder of the Socialist Cause of Juche, the Founder of Socialist Korea." [1]