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# Kim Il Sung 김일성 

member of the Supreme People's Assembly

dead Died aged 82 

Kim Il Sung was a North Korean communist revolutionary, military officer, politician, and dictator who founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, in 1948, and led it until his death in 1994\. He was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Il and posthumously declared Eternal President. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%5FIl%5FSung)

Born

1912-04-15, Mangyongdae District

Died

1994-07-08, Mount Myohyang, North Korea (myocardial infarction)

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Military rank

Taewonsu

Status as of

1994-07-08[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%5FIl%5FSung)

Also known as

Kim Song-ju, Great Leader, Eternal President

## Family 

- father [Kim Hyong Jik](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-hyong-jik) Anti-Japanese nationalist activist
- mother [Kang Pan Sok](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kang-pan-sok) Early communist activist reverenced as Mother of Korea
- spouse [Kim Jong Suk](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-jong-suk) First wife, mother of Kim Jong Il
- spouse [Kim Song Ae](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-song-ae) Second wife, sidelined during succession
- sibling [Kim Yong Ju](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-yong-ju) Younger brother, former OGD director and Vice Premier
- child [Kim Jong Il](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-jong-il) Eldest son and chosen successor
- KM child [Kim Man Il](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-man-il) Second son with Kim Jong Suk; drowned in childhood
- child [Kim Kyong Hui](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-kyong-hui) Daughter with Kim Jong Suk
- child [Kim Pyong Il](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-pyong-il) Son with Kim Song Ae; long-serving ambassador abroad

## Positions

1. 1972–1994 President of North Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41117)
2. 1950–1991 Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41117)
3. 1949–1994 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41117)
4. 1948–1972 Premier of North Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41117)
5. 1948–1994 Supreme Leader of North Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41117)
6. ?–now member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41117)

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