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[People](https://savenorthkorea.org/people) · family · purged

# Kim Ok 김옥 

Spouse of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

purged 62 years old 

Kim Ok is a former North Korean government employee who served as Kim Jong Il's personal secretary from the 1980s until his death in 2011\. After the death of Ko Yong Hui in August 2004, she regularly met with foreign officials as the de facto first lady of North Korea, and was rumored to be the supreme leader's fourth wife. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%5FOk)

Born

1964-08-28, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2016-07-26[source](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20160726002600315)

Also known as

Kim Ok

## Family [See in the family tree](https://savenorthkorea.org/kim-family-tree#kim-ok) 

- spouse [Kim Jong Il](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-jong-il) Fourth consort / de facto wife following Ko Yong Hui's death

## Positions

1. 2004–2011 Spouse of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705212)
2. 1980–2011 Personal Secretary to National Defence Commission Chairman · State Affairs Commission [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%5FOk)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/kim-ok](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/kim-ok) · [Wikidata Q705212](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705212) · Photo: [Original uploader was Danniemeadows at en.wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kim%5Fok%5Fcropped.png) (Public domain)