Eternal leaders of North Korea

Eternal Leaders of North Korea
Bronze statues of former leaders Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il (right) at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
주체조선의 영원한 수령
Hancha
主體朝鮮의 永遠한 首領
Revised RomanizationJuchejoseonui Yeongwonhan Suryeong
McCune–ReischauerChuch'ejosŏnŭi Yŏngwŏnhan Suryŏng

The eternal leaders of North Korea are mentions of deceased leaders of North Korea. The phrase was mentioned in a line of the preamble to the Constitution, as amended on 30 June 2016, and in subsequent revisions.

It reads (in the original version):

Under the leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Korean people will uphold the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung as the eternal President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Comrade Kim Jong Il as the eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...

— Constitution of North Korea[1]