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His honorific titles would be used as a description added to his name or affectionate title. For example, "Comrade Kim Jong Un, who is an outstanding successor and leader of the Juche revolution, the symbol of strength of our state and the banner of all victory and glory" (주체혁명의 유일무이한 계승자이시고 령도자이시며 ...
2 Kim Jong Il 김정일 (1941–2011) Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK: 9 April 1993 [9] – 17 December 2011 [10] 8 July 1994 [9] — 17 December 2011 [10] (17 years, 162 days) Kimilsungism Songun Ten Principles: General Secretary of the WPK: 8 October 1997 [9] – 17 December 2011 [10] 3 Kim Jong Un 김정은 (born 1982 ...
[1] [2] However, amendments to the DPRK constitution in 2019 have granted the chairman of the State Affairs Commission (later renamed to president of the State Affairs), a title held by Kim, the status of representing the state and receiving and appointing ambassadors, effectively making him the head of state. [3]
According to Kim Yong-hyun, a professor of North Korean studies at Dongguk University in Seoul, and others, the promotion of Yo Jong and others is a sign that "the Kim Jong Un regime has ended its co-existence with the remnants of the previous Kim Jong Il regime by carrying out a generational replacement in the party's key elite posts".
In 1998, two years after the death of Kim Il Sung, the National Defence Commission was empowered as the supreme defence body, and in line with the Songun ideology, the supreme political authority of state and legal framework for Kim Jong Il's personal dictatorship.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed U.S. calls for a return to diplomacy and lambasted its condemnations of the North’s recent spy satellite launch ...
The congress announced the first Five-Year Plan since the 1980s and gave Kim Jong Un the new title of chairman, which replaced the previous office of First Secretary. [61] In January 2021, the 8th WPK Congress was convened, where Kim Jong Un was given the title of general secretary, replacing the title of chairman. [62]
The following are Kim Jong Un's foreign visits since taking power in 2011. * March 25-28, 2018: Making his first foreign trip as leader, Kim visits China, the North's main political ally and ...