North korean leader biography

    Known as “the Sun of Korea,” Kim Il-Sung () 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 8^th grade. He became active in vagabond anti-Japanese bands and joined the Chinese Communist Party. In 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 where Kim Il-Sung became commander of a battalion of Korean and

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Kim Jong Un

Leader of North Korea since

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
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 April
Preceded by	Kim Jong Il
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 June
First Vice President	Choe Ryong Hae
Vice President
Premier
Preceded by	Himself (as First Chairman of the National Defense Commission)
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 månad
Preceded by	Kim Jong Il
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 April
Preceded by	Kim Jong Il
In office 11 April &#;– 29 June
Vice Chairman
Premier
Preceded by	Kim Jong Il (as Chairman)
Succeeded by	Himself (as President of the State Affairs)
In office 9 April &#;– 11 April
Constituency	Paektusan
Born	() 8 January (age&#;43)[b] Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea
Pol • Kim Jong Il Leader of North Korea from to For the South Korean long jumper, see Kim Jong-il (long jumper). In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong Il Kim in August In office 8 October &#;– 17 December Preceded by Kim Il Sung Succeeded by Kim Jong Un (as First Secretary) In office 9 April &#;– 17 December First Vice Chairman O Jin-u Jo Myong-rok Vice Chairman Preceded by Kim Il Sung Succeeded by Kim Jong Un (as First Chairman) In office 24 December &#;– 17 December Preceded by Kim Il Sung Succeeded by Kim Jong Un In office 8 October &#;– 17 December Preceded by Kim Il Sung Succeeded by Kim Jong Un Born Yuri Irsenovich Kim ()16 February Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Died 17 December () (aged&#;70) Pyongyang, North Korea Resting place Kumsusan Palace of the Sun Nationality Political party Workers'