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Kim Jong-un

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Kim Jong-un is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jong Un Kim · KIM Jong Un · KIM, Jong Un · Kim Chŏng-un · Kim Dzong Un · 30 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gim Jeong-eun · Gĭng Céng-ŏng · Jong Un Kim · KJU · Kim Chèng-un · 77 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Pak Un				[sources]
Birth date	1984-01-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Pyongyang				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
First name	Jeong-eun · Jong Un · Jung-eun				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Kim				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q56226				[sources]
Position	Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea · General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (2012-) · President of the State Affairs Commission (2012-) · President, State Affairs Commission (SAC) · State Affairs Commission President · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung Military University · Kim Il-sung University · Liebefeld-Steinhölzli State School				[sources]
Religion	atheism				[sources]
Ethnicity	Koreans				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-01	Last processed	2024-11-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kim Jong-chul	sibling	-	-
Ko Yong-hi	mother	-	-
Kim Jong-ju	child	-	-
Kim Jong-Il	father	-	-
Kim Jong-Nam	sibling	-	-
Kim Yo-Jong	sibling	-	-
Kim Ju-ae	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Supreme Leader of North Korea	2011-12-17	-
President, State Affairs Commission (SAC)	-	-
Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army	2011-12-17	-
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea	2012-04-11	-
member of the Supreme People's Assembly	2014-03-09	-
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea	2012-04-11	-
Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army	2011-12-17	-
President, State Affairs Commission (SAC)	2011-12-17	-
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Supreme Commander of the armed forces of the DPRK	2012-03-08	-
Supreme Leader of North Korea	2011-12-17	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kim Sul-Song	sibling · younger brother	-	-
Ri Sol-ju	spouse	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,651

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,050

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government920

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US CIA World Leaders11,071

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,911

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata377,203

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-125bc3da6fc0f06b6ec23afc08221b2a5eead7a8 · NK-hHHgSrbJkjDTQ5S3BNb5D8 · evpo-ebbf5070-ae94-4ae9-9c7a-5645c6ce7bb0 · ofac-20157 · us-cia-korea-north-kim-jong-un-state-affairs-commission-president · us-cia-korea-north-kim-jong-un-president-state-affairs-commission-sac · NK-UYj3KovhNpEHizfSRJVGFF

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