Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung 김일성 | |
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| Born |
Kim Song Ju 15 April 1912 Chilgol, Pyongyang, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Died |
8 July 1994 Hyangsan, North Pyongan, North Korea |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Ideology |
Marxism Leninism Juche Revisionism |
| Political party |
Workers' Party of Korea Workers' Party of North Korea (1946-1949) Communist Party of China(1931-1946) |
Kim Il Sung (15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a Korean revolutionary who was the founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and leader of the Workers' Party of Korea. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Il and was declared Eternal President.
Kim Il Sung, while a Marxist–Leninist, made multiple deviations during his tenure and remained a centrist during the Sino-Soviet split. Juche, his application of Marxism–Leninism to Korean conditions, would be totally split from Leninism by his ideological and political successors.