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Kim Jong Un[ c][ d] ( English: / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, - ˈuːn /; [ 2] born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [ e] is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. [ f] He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the second supreme leader of North ...
Kim Jong Il as supreme leader. President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. Kim Yong-nam. 김영남. (born 1928) 5 September 1998. 11 April 2019. 20 years, 218 days. Workers' Party of Korea.
Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il[ b] ( / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈɪl /; [ 3] Korean : 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; [ c] born Yuri Kim; [ d] 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea. He led North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until ...
Uridanggwa kukkawa mulyeogŭi choegoryŏngdoja. Supreme Leader of our Party, State and Armed Forces. Often used after his full list of titles is mentioned from 2017 to 2021. [ 11] 경애하는 최고사령관동지. Choegosaryŏnggwan. Respected Supreme Commander. Used in the military without mentioning his name. [citation needed]
Kim Il Sung[ d] ( / kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [ 4] Korean : 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; [ e][ 5] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
North Korea, [ c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), [ d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung.
The title of supreme leader ( Korean : 최고령도자; MR : Ch'oego Ryŏngdoja) of North Korea generally means the de facto top leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. Most of North Korea's leaders, who are called Supreme Leader, were not called this until after their death, going by other names like ...