Kim Il Sung

President Kim Il Sung was born in Mangyongdae, Pyongyang on April 15, 1912. His parents were engaged in revolutionary activities. In June 1926, after his father Kim Hyong Jik’s death, he was admitted to Hwasong Uisuk School, a two-year military political school belonging to an anti-Japanese nationalist organization in Huadian, China, where he organized the Down-with-Imperialism Union (DIU) and was acclaimed its leader on October 17 the same year. He lived up to the motto “The people are my God” all his life. He died the 8 of July of 1994 because of a heart failure.

He formed various mass organizations and led the anti-Japanese struggle. He formed the first party organization—the Society for Rallying Comrades - on July 3 in Kalun and organized the Korean Revolutionary Army, a political and paramilitary organization to make preparations for an anti-Japanese armed struggle in Guyushu, Yitong County, on July 6 the same year. He formed the Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea and proclaimed the founding of the Party on October 10, 1945. He organized the first democratic election. His classic works were translated into over 60 different languages and published in a total of 24.57 million copies in 110 countries.

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