How old was kim jong un when he took over
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Kim Jong Un
Leader of North Korea since 2011
For other people named Kim Jong Un, see Kim Jong Un (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un | |
|---|---|
Kim in 2019 | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 11 April 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Jong Il |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2016 | |
| First Vice President | Choe Ryong Hae |
| Vice President | |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as First Chairman of the National Defense Commission) |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 30 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Jong Il |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 11 April 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Jong Il |
| In office 11 April 2012 – 29 June 2016 | |
| Vice Chairman | |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Kim Jong Il (as Chairman) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as President of the State Affairs) |
| In office 9 April 2009 – 11 April 2019 | |
| Constituency | Paektusan 111 |
| Born | (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982 (age 43)[b] Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party of K
Profile: North Korean leader Kim Jong UnNot much was known of Kim Jong Un's personal life until television footage of an unidentified woman attending events with him surfaced. In July 2012, state media announced that he was married to "Comrade Ri Sol Ju". Little is known of Ms Ri, but her stylish appearance led some analysts to suggest that she was from an upper-class family. Reports have suggested that Ms Ri may have been a singer who caught Mr Kim's attention during a performance. According to South Korean intelligence, the couple have three children. Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, holds a senior post in the ruling Workers' Party of Korea - and stole the limelight when she represented her brother at the Winter Olympics in the South. According to South Korea's spy agency, Ms Kim steers "overall state affairs" and has responsibility for Pyongyang's policy towards the US and South Korea, among other portfolios, and is "the de-facto number two leader". However, Seoul's spy agency has been wrong about North K
Known as “the Sun of Korea,” Kim Il-Sung (1912-1994) was born Kim Sung-Ju in Mangyongdae village near Pyongyang to a Christian mother (Kang Ban Sok) and father (Kim Hyong Jik) who taught in a Western missionary school and was a practitioner of Koryo (traditional) medicine. To avoid the Japanese occupation, the family moved to Manchuria where Kim Sung-Ju attended school to 8th grade. He became active in vagabond anti-Japanese bands and joined the Chinese Communist Party. In 1930 his guerilla comrades (according to him) gave him the name “Il Sung,” the sun. He eventually became leader of a division in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. Contrary to accepted legend, his guerrilla efforts against the Japanese were of marginal impact but Kim Il-Sung was regarded as a good organizer. Under intense Japanese pressure in China, the Korean partisans fled to the Soviet Union in 1941 where Kim Il-Sung became commander of a battalion of Korean and other partisans in the 88th Special Independent Brigade near Khabarovsk. It was Copyright ©bilders.pages.dev 2025 |