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Kim Jong-suk
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First wife of North Korean President Kim Il Sung (1917–1949)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1917-12-24 ) 24 December 1917, Hoeryong , Kankyōhoku Province , Korea, Empire of Japan
- Died
- 22 September 1949 (1949-09-22) (aged 31), Pyongyang , North Korea
- Resting place
- Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery , Taesong-guyok , Pyongyang
- Spouse
- Kim Il Sung ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 )
- Children
- Kim Jong Il , Kim Man-il , Kim Kyong-hui
- Awards
- Hero of the Republic , Order of the National Flag
- Hangul
- 김정숙
- Hanja
- 金正淑
- Rr
- Gim Jeongsuk
- Mr
- Kim Chŏngsuk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kim
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- North Korea
- Place of birth
- Hoeryong
- Place of death
- Pyongyang
- Spouse
- Kim Il-sung
- Child
- Kim Kyong-hui
- Occupation
- partisan
- Political party
- Workers’ Party of Korea
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Image
- Kim Jeong Suk 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kim Jong-suk
- date of birth
- 1917-12-24
- date of death
- 1949-09-22
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Kim Chŏng-suk
- Revised Romanization
- Gim Jeong-suk
- cause of death
- disease
- place of burial
- Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Kim Jong-suk (Korean: 김정숙; 24 December 1917 – 22 September 1949) was a North Korean revolutionary, anti-Japanese guerrilla, Communist activist, the first wife of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the mother of former leader Kim Jong Il and grandmother of current leader Kim Jong Un.
Biography
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