Supreme Leader (North Korean title)

Supreme Leader of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Incumbent
Kim Jong Un
since 17 December 2011 (2011-12-17)
Personal Secretariat
Type
Term lengthLife tenure
Formation9 September 1948 (1948-09-09)
First holderKim Il Sung
Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Korean name
Hangul조선민주주의인민공화국최고령도자

The supreme leader of North Korea (Korean최고령도자; MRCh'oego Ryŏngdoja) is the de facto hereditary leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. Each individual North Korean leader have assumed different offices and positions, and different titles were used in North Korean propaganda that could be translated from Korean as "Great Leader", "Dear Leader", or "Supreme Leader".


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