The Kim Family
Three generations of absolute hereditary rule in North Korea, from the state's founder through his son and grandson.
Politician · b. 1912–1994
Founder and first leader of North Korea, who established a totalitarian one-party state and a personality cult that continues under his descendants.
Notable Works
- Founding Supreme Leader of North Korea (1948–1994)
Politician · b. 1941–2011
Kim Il-sung's son, who succeeded his father and continued North Korea's isolation and nuclear weapons development through a severe famine an…
Notable Works
- Supreme Leader of North Korea (1994–2011)
Politician · b. 1984
Kim Jong-il's son and Kim Il-sung's grandson, current Supreme Leader of North Korea who has overseen rapid missile and nuclear program advan…
Notable Works
- Supreme Leader of North Korea (2011–present)
Politician · b. 1987
Kim Jong-il's daughter and Kim Jong-un's sister, a senior official of the Workers' Party who has become one of North Korea's most powerful f…
Notable Works
- Vice Department Director, Workers' Party of Korea
- Senior advisor to the Supreme Leader