Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung 김일성
Offeecial portrait (posthumous, issued 1994)
Eternal Preses o the Republic (Appellation)
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 Julie 1994
Supreme Leader o North Korea
In office 9 September 1948 – 8 Julie 1994
Succeeded by	Kim Jong-il
Preses o North Korea
In office 28 December 1972 – 8 Julie 1994
Precedit bi	Position creatit Choi Yong-kun, Heid o State as Preses o the Presidium o the Supreme Fowk's Assembly
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Proclaimed Eternal Preses o the Republic efter his daith)
Prime Meenister o North Korea
In office 9 September 1948 – 28 December 1972
Precedit bi	Position creatit
Succeeded by	Kim Il (Premier)
General Secretary o the Central Committee o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea
In office 11 October 1966 – 8 Julie 1994
Precedit bi	Himself as Chairman
Succeeded by	Kim Jong-il
Chairman o the Central Committee o the Wirkers Pairty o Korea
In office 30 Juin 1949 – 11 October 1966
Precedit bi	Kim Tu-bong
Succeeded by	Himself as General Secretary
Vice-Chairman o the Central Committee o the Wirkers’ Pairty o North Korea
In office 28 August 1946 – 30 Juin 1949
Chairman	Kim Tu-bong
Precedit bi	Position creatit
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chairman o the North Korea Bureau o the Communist Pairty o Korea
In office 17 December 1945 – 28 August 1946
General Secretary	Pak Hon-yong
Precedit bi	Kim Yong-bom
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Kim Sŏng-ju 15 Aprile 1912(1912-04-15) Mangyŏngdae, Heian-nandō, Japanese Korea
Deed	8 Julie 1994(1994-07-08) (agit 82) Pyongyang, Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
Restin place	Kumsusan Palace o the Sun, Pyongyang, Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
Naitionality	North Korean
Poleetical pairty	Wirkers’ Pairty o Korea
Spoose(s)	Kim Jong-suk (d. 1949) Kim Song-ae
Childer	Kim Jong-il Kim Man-il Kim Kyong-hui Kim Kyong-jin Kim Pyong-il Kim Yong-il
Residence	Pyongyang, Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
Occupation	Eternal Preses o the Republic
Profession	Preses o North Korea
Signatur
Military service
Allegiance	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1922}}}|22x20px|border|Banner o Soviet Union]] Soviet Union Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
Service/branch	Soviet Airmed Forces Korean Fowk's Airmy
Years o service	1941–1945 1948–1994
Rank	Dae wonsu (Grand Marshal)
Commands	All (supreme commander)
Battles/wars	Warld War II Korean War

Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	김일성
Hancha	金日成
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Il-sŏng
Revised Romanization	Gim Il-seong

Kim Il-sung (15 Aprile 1912 – 8 Julie 1994) wis a Korean communist, an later Juche, politeecian who led North Korea frae its foondin in 1948 till his daith in 1994. He held the posts o Prime Meenister frae 1948 tae 1972 an Preses frae 1972 tae his daith. He wis an aa the General Secretary o the Wirkers Pairty o Korea.

Durin his tenure as leader o North Korea, he ruled the naition wi autocratic power an establisht an aw-pervasive cult o personality. Frae the mid-1960s, he promotit his self-developed Juche variant o communist naitional organisation. Follaein his daith in 1994, he wis succeedit bi his son Kim Jong-il. North Korea offeecially refers tae Kim Il-sung as the "Great Leader" (Suryong in Korean 수령) an he is designatit in the constitution as the kintra's "Eternal Preses". His birthday is a public haliday in North Korea.

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