Kim Yo Jong

Kim Yo Jong
김여정
Kim in 2018
Member of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea
Assumed office
September 2021
PresidentKim Jong Un
Deputy Director of the Publicity and Information Department
Assumed office
28 November 2014
General SecretaryKim Jong Un
Director
Preceded byRi Jae-il
Personal details
Born (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 (age 37)
Pyongyang, North Korea
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea (since 2007)
Spouse
Choe Song
(m. 2014)
(alleged)
Children2 (alleged)
Parents
RelativesKim family
Alma materKim Il Sung University
SignatureSignature of Kim Yo-jong
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김여정
Hancha
金與正[1]
Revised RomanizationGim Yeojeong
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏjŏng

Kim Yo Jong (Korean김여정;[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]

  1. ^ 문재인 대통령이 2월 10일 청와대를 방문한 김여정 북한 노동당 중앙위 제1부부장에게서 김정은 노동당 위원장의 친서를 받았다.. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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  4. ^ "Kim Yo Jong Becomes Member of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) – October 1, 2021". The Daily News Brief. 1 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Kim Jong Un's sister fans flames of inter-Korean tensions". Nikkei Asian Review. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ "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.

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