Back উত্তর কোরিয়ার সর্বোচ্চ নেতা Bengali/Bangla Ανώτατος Ηγέτης της Βόρειας Κορέας Greek رهبر کره شمالی Persian המנהיג העליון של קוריאה הצפונית HE 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国の最高指導者 Japanese 조선민주주의인민공화국의 최고령도자 Korean Ziemeļkorejas augstākais vadītājs Latvian/Lettish Lider Suprem al Coreei de Nord Romanian Supreme Leader (North Korea) SIMPLE ผู้นำสูงสุดของเกาหลีเหนือ Thai
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| Type | |
| Term length | Life tenure |
| Formation | 9 September 1948 |
| First holder | Kim Il Sung |
| Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조선민주주의인민공화국최고령도자 |
| Hanja | 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國最高領導者 |
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The supreme leader of North Korea (Korean: 최고령도자; MR: Ch'oego Ryŏngdoja) is the de facto hereditary leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. The title is honorary, given only after death in the first two cases. More broadly it can also refer to the "Supreme Leader system" (Suryeong-je), which is defined as "a system that aims to ensure continuous leadership by the Supreme Leader across generations."[1] Different titles were used in North Korean propaganda that could be translated from Korean as "Great Leader", "Dear Leader", or "Supreme Leader".