List of heads of state of North Korea
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The following is a list of heads of state of North Korea since its founding in 1948.
Heads of State of North Korea (1945–present)[]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | Supreme leader | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Head of the Soviet Civil Administration in Northern Korea | ||||||||
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Terenty Shtykov 테렌티 스티코프 (1907–1964) |
3 October 1945 | 9 September 1948 | 2 years, 342 days | All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) | None | Himself | |
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly | ||||||||
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Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 (1889–1958) |
9 September 1948 | 20 September 1957 | 9 years, 11 days | Workers' Party of North Korea Workers' Party of Korea |
1st SPA | Kim Il-sung | |
Choe Yong-gon 최용건 (1900–1976) |
20 September 1957 | 28 December 1972 | 15 years, 99 days | Korean Social Democratic Party | 2nd SPA 3rd SPA 4th SPA | |||
Workers' Party of Korea | ||||||||
President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | ||||||||
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Kim Il-sung 김일성 (1912–1994) |
28 December 1972 | 8 July 1994 † | 21 years, 192 days | Workers' Party of Korea | 5th SPA 6th SPA 7th SPA 8th SPA 9th SPA |
Himself | |
Vacant (8 July 1994–5 September 1998) | ||||||||
President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly | ||||||||
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Kim Yong-nam 김영남 (born 1928) |
5 September 1998 | 9 April 2009 | 20 years, 216 days | Workers' Party of Korea | 10th SPA 11th SPA |
Kim Jong-il | |
Chairman of the National Defense Commission | ||||||||
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Kim Jong-il 김정일 (1941–2011) |
9 April 2009 | 17 December 2011 † | 2 years, 252 days | Workers' Party of Korea | 12th SPA | Himself | |
Vacant (17 December 2011–8 March 2012) | ||||||||
First Chairman of the National Defence Commission | ||||||||
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Kim Jong-un 김정은 (born 1984) |
13 April 2012 | 29 June 2016 | 4 years, 113 days | Workers' Party of Korea | [1] | Himself | |
President of the State Affairs Commission | ||||||||
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Kim Jong-un 김정은 (born 1984) |
29 June 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 208 days | Workers' Party of Korea | Himself |
See also[]
- Supreme Leader (North Korean title)
- Eternal leaders of North Korea
- General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
- President of North Korea (disambiguation)
- Premier of North Korea
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Government of North Korea
- Politics of North Korea
References[]
Categories:
- Government of North Korea
- Heads of state of North Korea
- Lists of heads of state
- Politics of North Korea
- North Korea politics-related lists
- Lists of North Korean people