Kim Jong Un Biography

Appears in senior party roles before succession.

Is proclaimed supreme leader after Kim Jong Il dies.

Becomes First Secretary of the Workers Party.

Becomes First Chairman of the National Defence Commission.

North Korea launches a satellite into orbit.

North Korea conducts its third nuclear test.

Purges and executes Jang Song Thaek.

North Korea conducts its fourth nuclear test.

Is elected party chairman at the Seventh Congress.

Becomes chairman of the State Affairs Commission.

North Korea conducts its fifth nuclear test.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-14 ICBM.

North Korea conducts its sixth nuclear test.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-15 ICBM.

Meets Donald Trump at the Hanoi summit.

Is re-elected chairman of the State Affairs Commission.

Mobilizes recovery work after typhoon damage.

Becomes general secretary of the Workers Party.

Announces a new five-year economic plan.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-17 ICBM.

North Korea codifies nuclear weapons policy in law.

North Korea tests a solid-fuel ICBM.

North Korea launches a military reconnaissance satellite.

Declares South Korea a hostile state in policy remarks.

Claims a successful hypersonic missile test.

Signs a mutual defense treaty with Vladimir Putin.

Signs a strategic partnership with Vladimir Putin during the war

Visits flood-hit areas and orders recovery efforts.

Reports emerge of North Korean troops supporting Russia.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-19 intercontinental missile.