Kim Il Sung

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Kim Il Sung was the founding leader of North Korea, establishing a hereditary dictatorship and a rigidly centralized, Soviet-style communist state that he ruled from its creation in 1948 until his death in 1994.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist leader
dictator
head of state
human
politician
activity anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare
alliedWith China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union
birthName Kim Il Sung self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kim Song-ju
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Kim Jong Il
Kim Kyong-hui
Kim Man-il
Kim Pyong-il
Kim Yong-il
conflict Korean War
countryOfCitizenship Korea under Japanese rule
North Korea
cultOfPersonality yes
dateOfBirth 1912-04-15
dateOfDeath 1994-07-08
economicSystem centralized planned economy
education Yuwen Middle School in Jilin
era Cold War
founderOf North Korea
Workers' Party of Korea
gender male
governmentForm hereditary dictatorship
single-party state
honorificTitle Eternal President of the Republic
ideology Juche
Korean nationalism
Marxism–Leninism
communism
languageSpoken Chinese
Korean
Russian
militaryRank Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
name Kim Il Sung self-link
nativeLanguage Korean
notableWork Juche
surface form: On the Juche Idea
opponent South Korea
United States of America
surface form: United States
parent Kang Pan-sok
Kim Hyong-jik
placeOfBirth Mangyongdae
near Pyongyang
placeOfDeath Pyongyang
politicalParty Workers' Party of Korea
positionHeld Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea
Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Premier of North Korea
President of North Korea
Supreme Leader of North Korea
previousParty Chinese Communist Party
surface form: Communist Party of China

Red Army
surface form: Soviet Red Army (as officer affiliation)
religion atheism
residence Pyongyang
spouse Kim Jong-suk
Kim Sung-ae
successor Kim Jong Il

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North Korea DayOfTheSunHonors Kim Il Sung
Juche associatedWith Kim Il Sung
Juché associatedWith Kim Il Sung
subject surface form: Juche
Mangyongdae associatedWith Kim Il Sung
subject surface form: Nam Il
Songun associatedWithLeader Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung birthName Kim Il Sung self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kim Song-ju
Kang Pan-sok child Kim Il Sung
Kim Hyong-jik child Kim Il Sung
Choe Yong-gon closeAllyOf Kim Il Sung
Kim Chaek closeAllyOf Kim Il Sung
this entity surface form: Kim Il-sung
Korean War commander Kim Il Sung
Day of the Sun commemorates Kim Il Sung
this entity surface form: Kim Il-sung
Juche developedBy Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong-suk family Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il father Kim Il Sung
Kim Kyong-hui father Kim Il Sung
Kim Man-il father Kim Il Sung
Kim Pyong-il father Kim Il Sung
Kim dynasty firstLeader Kim Il Sung
Kim Chaek foughtAlongside Kim Il Sung
this entity surface form: Kim Il-sung
Kim dynasty founder Kim Il Sung
Workers' Party of Korea founder Kim Il Sung
North Korea foundingLeader Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Un grandfather Kim Il Sung
Mangyongdae hasPlaceOfBirth Kim Il Sung
Joseph Stalin influenced Kim Il Sung
Kim dynasty memberOfFamily Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung name Kim Il Sung self-link
600 Pullman notableOwner Kim Il Sung
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman
this entity surface form: Kim Il-sung
Kim Man-il notableRelative Kim Il Sung
this entity surface form: 조선민주주의인민공화국 영원한 주석
Kim Hyong-jik relative Kim Il Sung
Kim Kyong-hui relative Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong-suk spouse Kim Il Sung
Kim Sung-ae spouse Kim Il Sung
Day of the Sun symbolizes Kim Il Sung
this entity surface form: eternal presidency of Kim Il-sung