Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un (Korean: 김정은, English: Kim Jong Un) was born in Pyongyang on January 8, 1984 and graduated from Kim Il Sung military university. Kim Jong Un is the youngest son of the second generation of supreme leader Kim Il Sung and the grandson of the first generation of supreme leader Kim Il Sung.

Currently, he is the supreme leader of the DPRK, marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, general secretary of the Korean workers' party, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Korean workers' party, chairman of the State Council of the DPRK, and supreme commander of the Korean armed forces.

In 2010, Jin Zhengen and Li Xue gave birth to a daughter. In April 2018, he was selected into time magazine's list of the most influential people in the world in 2018. On January 8, 2019, the CPC Central Committee General Secretary and President Xi Jinping held talks with Chairman of the DPRK Labour Party and chairman of the State Council Kim Jeong-eun who visited China on the same day. On the 10th, North Korea's top leader Kim Jong Un returned to Pyongyang after successfully concluding his historic visit to China.

On January 10, 2021, Kim Jong Un was elected General Secretary of the Korean workers' party.

Character experience

In September 2010, he was elected vice chairman of the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee. He was elected supreme commander of the Korean people's army on December 30, 2011. On April 11, 2012, he was elected as the first secretary at the 4th Congress of the Korean workers' party. On April 13, he was elected as the first chairman of the National Defense Commission at the 5th session of the 12th Supreme People's Congress of the DPRK. On July 17, he was awarded the title of Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. On April 9, 2014, he was once again elected as the first chairman of the National Defense Commission at the first session of the 13th Supreme People's Congress of the DPRK. On January 10, 2021, he was elected General Secretary of the Korean labor party.

Early experience

Born on January 8, 1984, Kim Jong Un is the second son of Kim Jong Il and his wife, Gao Yingji, who died in 2004.

From 1996 to 2001, Jin Zhengen and his sister Jin Ruzhen disguised themselves as "Pu Yin" and "Zheng Shun" respectively. They disguised themselves as the children of the staff of the DPRK Embassy in Switzerland and studied English, German and French at an international school in Bern, Switzerland.

During his study in Switzerland, Kim Jong Un only went back and forth between home and school, and every time he went out, he went with DPRK ambassador to Switzerland Li Zhe. South Korean media speculated that perhaps this is the reason why Kim Jong Un has a strong conservative tendency. It is said that due to the strict management of Kim Jong Un's public activities, chairman Kim Jong Il specially stationed a light music group in his Swiss residence, creating an atmosphere no less than that of Pyongyang.

Become a successor

On March 8, 2009, Kim Jong Un became a candidate for the Supreme People's assembly of North Korea, which is regarded as Kim Jong Il's preparation for the transfer of political power to North Korea. Kim's name was not included in the list of people's representatives that followed, but he later took up a middle-level position in the National Defense Commission. A source pointed out that since May 6, 2009, several primary schools in Pyongyang have stopped normal teaching and taught students the song of General Kim Jong Un, which is "equivalent to officially announcing the successor". The South Korean National Intelligence Agency has obtained the intelligence that Kim Jong Un was established as a successor and confirmed it. According to the report on the North Korean Broadcasting website on the 22nd of the same month, large factories across the country held grand gatherings one after another, and informed Kim Jong Il, the current general secretary of the Korean workers' party, that the legal succession right of the North Korean national leader should be stipulated as Kim Jong Un's third son.

According to the Japanese Broadcasting Association in September 2009 and South Korea's national security strategy research institute director Nan Chengxu on October 21, Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Il had a dispute over the military establishment in June and July 2009, so Kim Jong Il decided to suspend the succession propaganda plan and exclude the Korean workers' party executive Minister Zhang Chengze, who is Kim Jong Un's uncle, from the core of power in order to reduce the cost Kim Jong Un's influence in North Korea.

On January 7, 2010, the DPRK government designated Kim Jong Un's birthday (January 8) and the afternoon of that day as "the biggest national holiday", and announced that Kim Jong Un's birthday would be a national holiday from 2011, which shows that the DPRK government has determined Kim Jong Un as its successor. During Kim Jong Il's secret visit to China on August 26, 2010, Kim Jong Il introduced his third son, Kim Jong Un, to Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, at a welcome banquet hosted by China in Changchun, Jilin Province, China. Kim Jong Il said at that time that "let our future generations inherit the fine tradition of DPRK China Friendship", proving Kim Jong Un's successor status.

Kim Jong Il, the supreme commander of the Korean people's army, issued Order No. 0051 on September 27, 2010, appointing Kim Jong Un as the general of the Korean people's army. At the meeting of the Korean workers' Party Congress on September 28, 2010, Kim Jong Un was elected vice chairman of the central Military Commission of the Korean workers' Party and member of the Central Committee of the Korean workers' party The vice chairman of the Commission, who is second only to Kim Jong Il in military power, has been described as "the first step in succession".

On September 27, 2010, Kim Jong Il appointed Kim Jong Un, his third son, as a general of the Korean people's army. Kim Jong Un was also elected as a representative of the Korean people's Army Party.

On September 28, 2010, Kim Jong Un was elected vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Korean workers' party.

On September 28, 2010, Jin Zhengen was promoted to vice chairman of the Central Military Commission at the Labor Party Congress, thus officially becoming his successor.

Under the supervision of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un is reorganizing the North Korean army and has been exercising substantive command in the field of operations. Kim Jong Un removed all front-line commanders and replaced them with loyal officers aged 30 to 40.

In August 2011, for the first time, Kim Jong Un led a team to conduct a large-scale island occupation exercise near Nanpu city in Xihai.

On the evening of September 11, 2011, North Korea's CCTV broadcast a documentary about leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un's inspection of various comprehensive departments from June to July.

On September 22, 2011, Kim Jong Un, the successor of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Korean workers' party, was reorganizing the Korean army. Meanwhile, portraits of Kim Jong Un will be hung in the homes of North Korean residents.

On December 17, 2011, Kim Jong Il passed away.

Full power

On December 30, 2011, Kim Jong Un, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Korean workers' party, was elected supreme commander of the Korean people's army.

Kim Jong Un visited the 105 tank division of the Korean people's army on January 1, 2012. According to the media, this shows that Kim Jong Un will continue to follow the "first army" line according to the instructions of his father Kim Jong Il.

In his book "supporting the great Comrade Kim Jong Il as the eternal General Secretary of our party and accomplishing the main revolutionary cause in glory", which was published on April 6, 2012, Kim Jong Un defined the guiding ideology of the Korean labor party as Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Il doctrine and declared that the highest program of the party is Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Il doctrine of the whole society.

On April 11, 2012, the 4th Congress of the WPK decided to elect Kim Jong Un as a member of the Political Bureau, standing committee member and chairman of the Military Commission of the WPK Central Committee.

On April 13, 2012, the fifth session of the 12th Supreme People's Congress of the DPRK elected Kim Jong Un as the first chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission. The meeting unanimously passed the decree of the Supreme People's Congress on Approving the amendment to the socialist constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The amendment stipulates that the first chairman of the National Defense Commission shall be added and that "the first chairman of the National Defense Commission shall be the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea".

On the morning of April 15, 2012, a military parade was held at Kim Il Sung Square in the capital of Pyongyang to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late leader Kim Il Sung. North Korea's top leader Kim Jong Un attended the parade and made his first public speech..

On April 23, 2012, Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President, stressing that the DPRK will "unswervingly strengthen and develop DPRK China friendship.".

On July 17, 2012, the Central Committee of the Korean workers' party, the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Korean workers' party, the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the permanent committee of the Supreme People's Congress of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea decided to confer the Title of Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Kim Jong Un, the supreme commander of the Korean people's army.

On January 19, 2013, Kim Jong Un, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Korean workers' party, inspected the 169 th army of the people's army. Reported that this is North Korea's defense chairman Kim Jong Il died, Kim Jong Un's second inspection troops. Kim also promoted 48 generals. On October 28, 2013, Mongolian President Elbegdorj arrived in Pyongyang. Elbegdorj is the first foreign head of state to visit after Kim Jong Un took power. Kim Jong Un will also meet with Elbegdorj for summit talks with him. Kim Jong Un's diplomatic "first show" has also attracted much attention from the outside world.

On April 10, 2014, the first session of the 13th Supreme People's Congress of the DPRK announced at home and abroad that Kim Jong Un, the first Secretary of the Korean workers' Party and the supreme commander of the people's army, was elected as the first chairman of the National Defense Commission.

On September 3, 2014, after Jin Zhengen and Li Xue watched the new work concert of peony peak Orchestra, they appeared in public together for the first time. On October 19, 2014, DPRK supreme leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Li Xuezhu met with Incheon Asian Games and the current world championships

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