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The eternal leaders of North Korea are titles accorded to deceased leaders of North Korea. The phrase was used in a line of the preamble to the Constitution , as amended on 30 June 2016, and in subsequent revisions.
While the late leader was titled the Eternal President of North Korea, the actual office of the President was written out of the constitution in 1998 making the head of state undefined again. His son and successor, Kim Jong Il , kept official titles given to him by the late president and never formally became the head of state.
The supreme leader of North Korea (Korean: 최고령도자; MR: Ch'oego Ryŏngdoja) is the de facto hereditary leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. The title is honorary, given only after death in the first two cases.
Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, received numerous titles during his rule. Despite his death in 2011, he is currently the Eternal Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Republic.
The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel , with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 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 ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met President Vladimir Putin. at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Such a request would mark a reversal of roles from the 1950-53 Korean War, when the Soviet ...
1993: Test of Rodong-1, a single-stage, mobile liquid propellant medium-range ballistic missile by the North Korea. 1994 8 October. Kim Jong Il becomes leader of North Korea upon the death of his father. 21 October. The Seongsu Bridge disaster occurs in Seoul. [178] Start of the North Korean famine. 1995: 29 June.