Kim Il Sung[d] (/ kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [4] Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ] ⓘ; born Kim Song Ju; [e][5][6][7][8] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from its …

Feb 13, 2025 · Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972.

Apr 2, 2014 · Learn more about Kim Il-sung, the military-oriented premier and president of North Korea who headed the country for decades, at Biography.com.

Kim Jong Il was the ruler of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father, Kim Il-Sung, who became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948 and remained its leader until his death in 1994. The …

Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1912 – July 8, 1994) was the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) from late 1945 (prior to the state's 1948 founding) until his death, when his son, Kim Jong-il, succeeded him.

Apr 15, 2018 · Kim Il-Sung ruled North Korea until his death in 1994. By this time, he was the world’s last Stalinist dictator, a lonely remnant of the first decade of the Cold War. Kim’s cult of personality was so pervasive that his death generated wild scenes of …

Jul 3, 2019 · Kim Il-Sung (April 15, 1912–July 8, 1994) of North Korea established one of the world's most powerful cults of personality, known as the Kim Dynasty or Mount Paektu Bloodline.

Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), absolute ruler of North Korea for 46 years, was the first communist head of state to establish dynastic rule, enabling his son to succeed him. Kim Il-sung was born Kim Sung-ju on April 15, 1912, the son of a middle-class schoolmaster named Kim Hyung-jik in Pyongan-namdo, a northeastern province of Korea.

Jul 10, 1994 · There was the Kim Il Sung of North Korean myth, whose likeness dominates Pyongyang and every town square in the form of 30,000 statues, the man who was lionized in song as the "sun of the...

Kim Il-Sung was a North Korean politician and the founding president of North Korea, which he ruled from 1948 until his death in 1994. From 1948 to 1972, he was Premier, and from 1972 to 1994, he was North Korea's first leader.