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This is a list of awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung, founder and first leader of North Korea. According to North Korean sources, Kim Il-sung had received 230 foreign orders, medals and titles from 70 countries since the 1940s until, and after, his death in 1994.[1]

North Korean

Award or decoration Date Ref
Order of the National Flag (1st Class, six times) 6 February 1951;
1953 		[2][3][4]
Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice) [2]
Order Commemoration of the Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (twice) [5]
Hero of the Republic (thrice) [5][3]
Hero of Labor (North Korea) 7 September 1958 [5]

Foreign

Award or decoration Country Date Ref
Order of Lenin (twice)  Soviet Union 1972 [2]
Order of the Yugoslav Star (Great Star)  Yugoslavia 1977 [2]
File:GDR Marks-order bar.png Order of Karl Marx (twice)  East Germany 1982 [2]
Order of the Gold Star of Nahouri  Burkina Faso 1986 [2]
November 17 Medal International Union of Students 1986 [2]
National Necklace of Order of Merit  Central African Republic [2]
Order of the Red Banner  Soviet Union [6]
Star of the Republic of Indonesia (1st Class)  Indonesia [5]
Order of Georgi Dimitrov (twice)  Bulgaria [5]
Order of Mono (Grand Cross)  Togo 11 September 1974 [7]
Order of José Martí (twice)  Cuba [5]
Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika  Malta 1 August 1985 [8]
Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia  Ethiopia [5]
Augusto Cesar Sandino Order [es]  Nicaragua [5]
Gold Star Order  Vietnam 9 September 1988 [9]
Order of Victory of Socialism  Romania [5]
Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic (1st Class with band)  Romania [10]
Order of Klement Gottwald  Czechoslovakia 29 January 1987 [11]
Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross)  Cambodia [12]
Grand National Cross (1st Class)  Madagascar [13]
Order of Sukhbaatar  Mongolia [14]
Order of Eduardo Mondlane (1st Class)  Mozambique 24 July 1984 [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jo Am; An Chol-gang, eds. (2002). "The Foreign Orders and Honorary Titles Awarded to President Kim Il Sung". Korea in the 20th Century: 100 Significant Events. Translated by Kim Yong-nam; Kim Kyong-il; Kim Jong-shm. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 162. OCLC 276996886.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Kim Il-sung, Marshal". The International Who's Who 1992-93. Taylor & Francis. 1992. p. 867. ISBN 978-0-946653-84-3.
  3. ^ a b Weiser, Martin (8 January 2016). "Chests Full of Brass: A DPRK Political History in Orders, Medals, Prizes, and Titles". Sino-NK.
  4. ^ Dziak, Waldemar J. (2001). Kim Ir Sen (in Polish). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Wiedza Powszechna. p. 139. ISBN 83-214-1260-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kim Il-sung". Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics. Bowker-Saur. 1991. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-86291-593-3.
  6. ^ Westad, Odd Arne (2017). The Cold War: A World History. New York: Basic Books. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-465-09313-7.
  7. ^ British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (September 1974). "Togolese President's visit to N Korea: co-operation agreement (FE/4701/A5/12)". Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
  8. ^ Joseph Bonnici; Michael Cassar (2004). A Chronicle of Twentieth Century Malta. Book distributors limited. p. 430. ISBN 978-99909-72-27-6.
  9. ^ "Thông Tin Cơ Bản Về CHDCND Triều Tiên Và Quan Hệ Việt Nam - Triều Tiên" (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Foreign Affairs [Vietnam]. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Gifts of World People". Korea Today. No. 304–315. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1982. p. 58. ISSN 0454-4072.
  11. ^ "Řád Klementa Gottwalda: za budování socialistické vlasti" (PDF) (in Czech). Archiv Kanceláře Prezidenta Republiky. 17 January 2015. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ^ News from Hsinhua News Agency: Daily Bulletin. London: Xin hua tong xun she. 1 October 1965. p. 53. OCLC 300956682.
  13. ^ Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3. Reading: Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1985. OCLC 976978783.
  14. ^ Sanders, Alan J. K. (2010). "Orders and medals". Historical Dictionary of Mongolia (Third ed.). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 551. ISBN 978-0-8108-7452-7.
  15. ^ British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (1984). "End of Samora Machel's Visit to North Korea". Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Vol. 3. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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