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Kim Jong Un: Head of state, North Korea

Kim Jong Un is the head of state of North Korea, listed by the United Nations as “General Secretary, Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, Democratic People's Republic of Korea”.

Posts held

• General Secretary, Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (head of state), North Korea. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.

Where Kim Jong Un sits in the ladder of power

As head of state, Kim Jong Un works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of North Korea (regions, cities).

Above that, North Korea is a member of:

• United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
• International Monetary Fund level 9
• World Bank Group level 9

Who else holds power in North Korea

• Pak Thae Song Premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea
• Choe Son Hui Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea

Where these facts come from

Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.

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