8 February 1946
Provisional People's Committee
Becomes chairman of the provisional northern government.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Pyongyang in North Korea. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Becomes chairman of the provisional northern government.
Promotes radical land reform in northern Korea.
Helps form the North Korean Workers Party.
Proclaims the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
Becomes first head of state under the new constitution.
Leads the merged Workers Party of Korea.
North Korean forces invade South Korea.
UN forces land at Incheon and reverse North Korean gains.
Survives a party challenge and consolidates power.
Becomes general secretary of the Workers Party.
Approves a joint statement on Korean reunification principles.
Becomes president under a new constitution.
Is designated successor within the ruling party.
Gains senior party posts at the Sixth Party Congress.
Death of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
Becomes North Koreas de facto leader after Kim Il Sung dies.
Becomes general secretary of the Workers Party.
Is reconfirmed as National Defence Commission chairman.
North Korea announces withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty during a renewed nuclear crisis.
Is re-elected chairman of the National Defence Commission.
Is re-elected chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium.
Is re-elected as National Defence Commission chairman.
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.
Purges and executes Jang Song Thaek.
Is elected party chairman at the Seventh Congress.
Becomes chairman of the State Affairs Commission.
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 codifies nuclear weapons policy in law.
Declares South Korea a hostile state in policy remarks.
Signs a mutual defense treaty with Vladimir Putin.
Signs a strategic partnership with Vladimir Putin during the war
Receives Russian military delegation after the Putin summit.
Reports emerge of North Korean troops supporting Russia.
Provenance
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