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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kim Il-sung
| native_name = <small>김일성</small>
| birth_name = Kim Sŏng-ju
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Kim Il-sung 1984.jpg
| imagesize = 150px
| caption = Offeecial portrait (posthumous, issued 1994)
| office = [[Eternal Preses o the Republic]] ([[wikt:appellation|Appellation]])
| term_start = 8 Julie 1994
| term_end =
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| office1 = [[Leet o leaders o North Korea|Supreme Leader o North Korea]]
| term_start1 = 9 September 1948
| term_end1 = 8 Julie 1994
| predecessor1 = 
| successor1 = [[Kim Jong-il]]
| office2 = [[Preses o North Korea]]
| term_start2 = 28 December 1972
| term_end2 = 8 Julie 1994
| predecessor2 = Position creatit<br /><small>[[Choi Yong-kun]], Heid o State as Preses o the [[Presidium o the Supreme Fowk's Assembly]]</small>
| successor2 = Position abolished<br /><small>(Proclaimed [[Eternal Preses o the Republic]] efter his daith)</small>
| office3 = [[Leet o Premiers o North Korea|Prime Meenister o North Korea]]
| term_start3 = 9 September 1948
| term_end3 = 28 December 1972
| predecessor3 = Position creatit
| successor3 = [[Kim Il (Premier o North Korea)|Kim Il]] (Premier)
| office4 = [[General Secretary o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea|General Secretary]] o the [[Central Committee o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea|Central Committee]] o the [[Wirkers' Pairty o Korea]]
| term_start4 = 11 October 1966
| term_end4 = 8 Julie 1994
| predecessor4 = Himself as Chairman
| successor4 = [[Kim Jong-il]]
| office5 = [[General Secretary o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea|Chairman]] o the [[Central Committee o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea|Central Committee]] o the [[Wirkers Pairty o Korea]]
| term_start5 = 30 Juin 1949
| term_end5 = 11 October 1966
| predecessor5 = [[Kim Tu-bong]]
| successor5 = Himself as General Secretary
| office6 = Vice-Chairman o the [[Central Committee o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea|Central Committee]] o the [[Wirkers’ Pairty o North Korea]]
| 1blankname6  = Chairman
| 1namedata6  = [[Kim Tu-bong]]
| term_start6 = 28 August 1946
| term_end6 = 30 Juin 1949
| predecessor6 = Position creatit
| successor6 = Position abolished
| office7 = Chairman o the North Korea Bureau o the [[Communist Pairty o Korea]]
| 1blankname7  = [[Communist Pairty o Korea|General&nbsp;Secretary]]
| 1namedata7   = [[Pak Hon-yong]]
| term_start7 = 17 December 1945
| term_end7 = 28 August 1946
| predecessor7 = [[Kim Yong-bom]]
| successor7 = Position abolished 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1912|4|15}}
| birth_place = [[Pyongyang|Mangyŏngdae]], [[Sooth Pyongan|Heian-nandō]], [[Korea unner Japanese rule|Japanese Korea]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|7|8|1912|4|15}}
| death_place = [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea|Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea]]
| resting_place = [[Kumsusan Palace o the Sun]], [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea|Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea]]
| nationality = [[North Korean]]
| party = [[Wirkers’ Pairty o Korea]]
| spouse = [[Kim Jong-suk]] (d. 1949)<br />[[Kim Song-ae]]
| relations =
| children = [[Kim Jong-il]]<br /> [[Kim Man-il]]<br /> [[Kim Kyong-hui]]<br /> Kim Kyong-jin<br /> [[Kim Pyong-il]]<br /> Kim Yong-il
| residence = Pyongyang, Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Eternal Preses o the Republic]]
| profession = [[Preses o North Korea]]
| Religion = Atheism
| allegiance   = {{flag|Soviet Union|1922}} <br> {{flagicon|North Korea}} [[North Korea|Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea]]
| branch       = [[Soviet Airmed Forces]]<br>[[Korean Fowk's Airmy]]
| serviceyears = 1941–1945 <br> 1948–1994
| rank         = [[Dae wonsu]] (Grand Marshal)
| commands     = ''All'' ([[Supreme Commander o the Korean Fowk's Airmy|supreme commander]])
| battles      = [[Warld War II]] <br> [[Korean War]]
| awards       = 
| signature = Kim Il Sung Signature.svg
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| context             = north
| title               = [[Korean name]]
| hangul              = {{linktext|김|일|성}}
| hanja               = {{linktext|金|日|成}}
| mr                  = Kim Il-sŏng
| rr                  = Gim Il-seong
| tablewidth          = 265
| color               = lavender
}}

''' Kim Il-sung''' (15 Aprile 1912 – 8 Julie 1994) wis a [[Koreans|Korean]] communist, an later [[Juche]], politeecian who led [[North Korea]] frae its foondin in 1948 till his daith in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk00500&num=55181 |title= 	
김일성, 쿠바의 ‘혁명영웅’ 체게바라를 만난 날 |language=Korean |date=15 April 2008 |work=DailyNK}}</ref>  He held the posts o [[Prime Meenister o North Korea|Prime Meenister]] frae 1948 tae 1972 an [[Preses o North Korea|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 [[autocracy|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.<ref name="Herman2004">{{cite web | publisher = Asian Research | url = http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2209.html | title = North Korea: ten years later | last = Herman | first = Steve | date = 13 July 2004 | accessdate = 2 November 2008 | archive-date = 2010-11-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101120013416/http://asianresearch.org/articles/2209.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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 o the Republic|Eternal Preses]]". His birthday is a [[public halidays in North Korea|public haliday in North Korea]].

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