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Kim Il Sung
Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Eternal President Kim Il Sung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office 12 October 1966 – 8 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Himself (as Chairman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong Il | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 December 1972 – 8 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Office established[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Office abolished[b][c] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 December 1962 – 8 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong Il | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 24 June 1949 – 12 October 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Kim Tu-bong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself (as General Secretary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 9 September 1948 – 28 December 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First Vice Premier | Kim Il | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Office established | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kim Il | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 July 1950 – 24 December • When Carter met Kim - and stopped a nuclear warTessa Wong Asia Digital Reporter, BBC News AP Three decades ago, the world was on the brink of a nuclear showdown - until Jimmy Carter showed up in North Korea. In June 1994, the former US president arrived for talks in Pyongyang with then leader Kim Il-sung. It was unprecedented, marking the first time a former or sitting US president had visited. But it was also an extraordinary act of personal intervention, one which many believe narrowly averted a war between the US and North Korea that could have cost millions of lives. And it led to a period of greater engagement between Pyongyang and the West. All this may not have happened if not for a set of diplomatic chess moves bygd Carter, who died aged 100 on 29 December. "Kim Il-sung and Bill Clinton were stumbling into a conflict, and Carter leapt into the breach, successfully finding a path for negotiated upplösning of the standoff," North Korean expert John Delu • Kim Jong IlLeader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 For the South Korean long jumper, see Kim Jong-il (long jumper). In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
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