List of heads of state of North Korea
The following is a list of heads of state of North Korea since its founding in 1948.
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Heads of State of North Korea (1948–present)
| Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political Party | Election | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |||||||
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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 | |
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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 | |
| Vacant (8 July 1994–5 September 1998) | |||||||
| President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |||||||
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Kim Yong-nam 김영남 (born 1928) |
5 September 1998 | 11 April 2009 | 20 years, 218 days | Workers' Party of Korea | 10th SPA 11th SPA | |
| 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 | |
| Vacant (17 December 2011–8 March 2012) | |||||||
| Chairman of the State Affairs Commission | |||||||
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Kim Jong-un 김정은 (born 1984) |
8 March 2012[1] | Incumbent | 8 years, 338 days | Workers' Party of Korea | ||
See also
References
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After his death in 1994, Kim Il-sung was proclaimed Eternal President. | ||
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