Awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung

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Kim Il-sung

This is a list of awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung, founder and first leader of North Korea. According to North Korean sources, the country awarded him "the title of Hero of the DPRK three times, the title of Labour Hero of the DPRK, 26 orders and 3 medals". In addition, foreign countries and organizations conferred upon him 74 orders and 152 medals.[1]

North Korean[]

Award or decoration Date
PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png Order of the National Flag (1st Class with Neck Chain, six times) 6 February 1951,
28 July 1953 		[2][3][4][5][6]
DPRK Hero of Labour ribbon.gif
 Hero of Labor 7 September 1958 [7]
DPRK Hero of the Republic ribbon.gif Hero of the Republic (thrice) 28 July 1953,
15 April 1972,
April 1982 		[7][8][3][9]
DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png (twice) [7]
FreedomAndIndependence1Ribbon.jpg Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice) 1953 [2][10]
DPRK Medal for Agricultural Merits.png [11]
DPRK Medal of Military Service Honor.png [11]
DPRK Commemorative Order 60th Year Anniversary Of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory.png posthumous [12]

Foreign[]

Award or decoration Country Date
ALB Order of Liberty kl. I BAR.jpg  [sq] (1st Class)  Albania 1956 [13]
Red ribbon bar - general use.svg
  [es]  Laos 3 February 1992 [14]
Order of Lenin Ribbon Bar.svg Order of Lenin (twice)  Soviet Union April 1972,
14 April 1987 		[15][16][17]
100 lenin rib.png Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"  Soviet Union 8 May 1970 [2][18]
SU Order of the Red Banner ribbon.svg Order of the Red Banner  Soviet Union 29 August 1945 [19][20]
Victoryjapan rib.png Medal "For the Victory over Japan"  Soviet Union 5 July 1956 [21][22]
Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star Rib.png Order of the Yugoslav Star (Great Star)  Yugoslavia 29 August 1977 [23]
GDR Marks-order bar.png Order of Karl Marx (twice)  East Germany 15 April 1982,
15 April 1987 		[10][24][17]
National Order of the Thousand Hills (Rwanda) - ribbon bar.gif National Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross)  Rwanda 15 June 1978 [2][25]
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna Ribbon Bar.gif Star of the Republic of Indonesia (1st Class)  Indonesia 10 April 1965 [26][18]
OrderOfGeorgiDimitrovRibbon.jpg Order of Georgi Dimitrov (twice)  Bulgaria October 1973,
14 April 1987 		[7][27][28][22]
100th anniversary of the birth of Georgi Dimitrov medal ribbon.jpg  Bulgaria 28 January 1983 [14]
TGO Order of Mono - Grand Cross BAR.png Order of Mono (Grand Cross)  Togo 11 September 1974 [29]
Ribbon jose marti.png Order of José Martí (twice)  Cuba 13 April 1982,
10 March 1986 		[7][25][30]
Order of Playa Girón (ribbon bar).png Order of Playa Girón  Cuba 4 April 1987 [31][22]
MLT Xirka Gieh ir-Repubblika BAR.svg Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika (Honorary Member)  Malta 1 August 1985 [32]
Ribbon Grand Order of the Star of Honor of Socialist Ethiopia.svg Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (Grand Cross)  Ethiopia 10 November 1985 [7][25]
Orden Sandino 1.svg  [es] (Batalla de San Jacinto, 1st Class)  Nicaragua 25 August 1986 [7][25]
Red ribbon bar - general use.svg
 Gold Star Order  Vietnam 9 September 1988 [33]
ROM Victoria Socialismului BAR.svg Order of Victory of Socialism  Romania 19 October 1988 [7][34]
ROM Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române clasa I BAR.svg Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic (1st Class with Band)  Romania 9 April 1982 [35][17]
 Finland 1981 [36]
Cs2okg.png Order of Klement Gottwald  Czechoslovakia 29 January 1987 [37]
CZE Rad Bileho Lva 3 tridy BAR.svg Order of the White Lion (1st Class with Collar)  Czechoslovakia June 1973 [38][27]
POL Polonia Restituta Wielki BAR.svg Order of Polonia Restituta (Grand Cross, 1st Class)  Poland 5 July 1956 [39][40]
Order Of Ummayad (Syria) - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Umayyads (Grand Belt)  Syria 25 September 1974 [17]
Mali Ordre national du Mali GC ribbon.svg National Order of Mali (Grand Cross)  Mali 18 May 1976 [41]
The Star of Palestine (Palestine) Ribbon.svg  [ar]  Palestine 26 July 1993 [42]
KHM Ordre Royal du Cambodge - Grand Croix BAR.png Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross)  Cambodia 9 October 1965 [43][18]
National Order of Independence (Cambodia).gif  [nl]  Cambodia [44]
MDG National Order - Grand Cross 1st Class BAR.png National Order of Madagascar (Grand Cross, 1st Class)  Madagascar 6 October 1985 [45][22]
OrdenSuheBator.png Order of Sukhbaatar (twice)  Mongolia January 1953,
29 June 1988 		[46][31][47]
Ordem Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane.png Order of Eduardo Mondlane (1st Class)  Mozambique 24 July 1984 [48]
 Burkina Faso 5 September 1985 [49]
Order of Operation Bokassa.gif  [fr] (Grand Cross)  Central African Republic 1 May 1978 [50]
Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Central African Republic).png Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross with Necklace)  Central African Republic 1 May 1978 [2][50]
International Union of Students 17 January 1986 [2][22]
Ordine dell'Indipendenza (Guinea Equatoriale).png (Grand Cross)  Equatorial Guinea 18 April 1992 [51][22]
National Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Guinea).png National Order of Merit (Grand Cross)  Guinea 24 May 2005 [52]
 Namibia 11 September 1992 [53][22]
GAB Order of the Equatorial Star - Knight BAR.png Order of the Equatorial Star  Gabon May 1977 [54]
Medalha Amílcar Cabral.svg  [es]  Guinea-Bissau 15 April 1982 [55]
30thAnniversaryOfVictoryOverGermanyRibbon.jpg  [cs]  Bulgaria June 1975 [53]
Order of National Merit (Mauritania) - ribbon bar.gif National Order of Merit (Grand Cross)  Mauritania 30 May 1975 [56]
National Order of the Republic (Burundi) - ribbon bar.png National Order of the Republic  Burundi 22 March 1979 [57]
POL Order Zaslugi PRL kl1 BAR.png Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland (Grand Ribbon)  Poland 31 March 1987 [58][22]
LBA Order of the Great 1st September Revolution ribbon.svg  [uk] (twice)  Libya 30 September 1989,
18 April 1992 		[22]
Order of the Grand Conqueror (Libya).gif  [cs]  Libya [59]
 Guyana [60]
National Order of the Leopard (Zaire) - ribbon bar.png National Order of the Leopard (Grand Cordon)  Zaire April 1992 [51][22]
National Order - Grand Cross (Niger) - ribbon bar.png  [nl] (Grand Cross)  Niger 20 September 1986 [22]
ZAM Order of the Grand Companion of Freedom ribbon.svg (1st Class)  Zambia 26 February 1988 [22]
CGO Ordre du Merite Congolaise ribbon.svg  [fr] (Grand Cross)  Republic of the Congo 14 March 1983 [61]
EGY Order of the Nile - Grand Cordon BAR.png Order of the Nile (Necklace)  Egypt 4 April 1983 [62]

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