Permanent historical factsheet

General Secretary

North Korea · Government / Workers Party of Korea. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1966–2021Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1966

Kim Il Sung12 October 1966

Pyongyang · Government / Workers Party of Korea

Becomes general secretary of the Workers Party.

1997

Kim Jong Il8 October 1997

Pyongyang · Government / Workers Party of Korea

Becomes general secretary of the Workers Party.

2021

Kim Jong Un10 January 2021

Pyongyang · Government / Workers Party of Korea

Becomes general secretary of the Workers Party.

Names involved

Kim Il SungKim Jong IlKim Jong Un

Provenance

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