Kim Yo Jong | |
|---|---|
김여정 | |
.png) Kim in 2018 | |
| Member of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea | |
| Assumed office September 2021 | |
| President | Kim Jong Un |
| Deputy Director of the Publicity and Information Department | |
| Assumed office 28 November 2014 | |
| General Secretary | Kim Jong Un |
| Director | |
| Preceded by | Ri Jae-il |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1987 Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea (since 2007) |
| Spouse |
Choe Song (m. 2014) |
| Children | 2 (alleged) |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Kim family |
| Alma mater | Kim Il Sung University |
| Signature |  |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김여정 |
| Hancha | 金與正[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeojeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏjŏng |
Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정;[2] born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat, and sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. She is the Deputy Department Director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Since September 2021, she has been a member of State Affairs Commission of North Korea.[3][4]
She served as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021.
Kim is the youngest child of North Korea's second Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il and the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, the current supreme leader and WPK general secretary, and is considered by some commentators to be a possible successor.[5][6]
- ^ 문재인 대통령이 2월 10일 청와대를 방문한 김여정 북한 노동당 중앙위 제1부부장에게서 김정은 노동당 위원장의 친서를 받았다.. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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- ^ "Kim Jong Un's sister fans flames of inter-Korean tensions". Nikkei Asian Review. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "North Korea's Kim Jong Un in coma, sister Kim Yo-jong to take over: Reports". Hindustan Times. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.