Awards and decorations received by Kim Jong-il

This is a list of awards and decorations received by Kim Jong-il. According to North Korean sources, North Korea "conferred ... the title of Hero of the DPRK four times, the Order of Kim Il Sung four times, Kim Il Sung Prize two times, 22 orders and 9 medals" on Kim Jong-il. Additionally, "[m]any countries and international organizations conferred 39 orders, 141 medals and 201 honorary titles on him".[1]

Kim Jong-il

North Korean

Award or decoration		Date
	Order of Kim Il-sung (four times)	3 April 1979, 7 April 1982, 7 April 1992, and 29 March 2012	[2][3][4][5]
	Hero of the Republic (four times)	February 1975, 1982, 1992, and December 2011	[6][7]
	Order of the National Flag (1st Class, five times)	1982	[8]
	Order of the National Flag (2nd Class)		[6]
	Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice)		[6]
	Order of Freedom and Independence (2nd Class)	1960s	[6]
	Order of Soldier's Honor (1st Class)		[9]
	Order of Labor (thrice)		[6]
	Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (twice)		[6]
	Commemorative Order "50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"		[9]
	Commemorative Order "60th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"		[9]
	Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Foundation of the People's Army"		[9]
	30th Anniversary of the Publication of the Rural Theses Order		[9]
	Commemorative Order "60th Anniversary of the People's Army"		[6]
	Commemorative Order "40th Anniversary of Fatherland Liberation War Victory"		[6]
	Order of the Red Banner of Three Great Revolutions		[6]
	Commemorative Order "Capital Construction"		[6]
	Commemorative Medal "The Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"		[9]
	Commemorative Medal "60th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"		[9]
	Commemorative Medal "Fatherland Liberation"		[6]
	Merited Service Medal (twice)		[6]
	Commemorative Medal "Mt. Kumgang Power Plant Construction"		[6]
	Commemorative Medal "Pyongyang-Nampho Highway Construction"		[9]
	Commemorative Medal "60th Anniversary of the People's Army"		[6]
	Commemorative Medal "Huicheon Power Plant Construction"		[6]

Foreign

Award or decoration		Country	Date
	National Order of Merit (Grand Cross)	Guinea	April 2005	[10]
	Order of Kiyatikun	Laos	April 1992	[11]
	National Order of Niger (Grand Cross)	Niger	20 September 1986	[12]
	Order of the Republic (Necklace)	Egypt		[13]
	Order of the Nile (Collar)	Egypt		[14]
	Order of Independence (Grand Cross)	Equatorial Guinea	13 April 1992	[15]
	Order of Democracy	Colombia	12 January 1995	[16]
	Golden Star Order of Peace	Mongolia	February 2002	[11]
	Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Russia		[13]
	Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Russia	10 March 2005	[17]
	Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Russia	May 2010	[18]
	Medal of Zhukov	Russia		[13]
	Order of Solidarity	Cuba	31 January 1992	[12]
	National Order of the Leopard	Zaire		[19]
	Commemoration Medal of the 80th Anniversary of Independence	Finland		[11]
	Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross)	Cambodia	July 2004	[20]
	Order of National Independence (Grand Collar)	Cambodia	July 2004	[14]
	Order of Jerusalem	Palestine		[14]
	World Friendship Order	Libya	February 2002	[11]
	National Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross)	Rwanda	May 1983	[21]
	Most Brilliant Order of the Sun	Namibia	March 2008	[22]
	Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis (1st Class)	Namibia	August 2002	[23]
	National Order of the Lion (Grand Cross)	Senegal	June 2011	[24]
	Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross)	Central African Republic	July 1983	[25]
	Order of Roraima of Guyana	Guyana		[26]
	Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (1st Class)	Ethiopia	16 November 1985	[15]
	National Order of Mali (Grand Cross)	Mali	17 December 1992	[12]
	Ongulumbashe Medal	Namibia	11 September 1992	[27]

See also

• Awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung
• Awards and decorations received by Leonid Brezhnev
• List of awards and honours bestowed upon Fidel Castro
• List of awards and honours bestowed upon Muammar Gaddafi
• Awards and decorations received by Josip Broz Tito
• Orders, decorations, and medals of North Korea

References

1. Kumsusan Palace of the Sun. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 2016. p. 53. ISBN 1037692772.
2. "General Secretary Kim Jong Il's Chronology Part I (1942–1979)". korea-np.co.jp. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
3. "General Secretary Kim Jong Il's Chronology Part II (1980–1990)". korea-np.co.jp. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
4. "General Secretary Kim Jong Il's Chronology Part III (1990–1997)". korea-np.co.jp. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
5. "Order of Kim Il Sung Awarded to Kim Jong Il". KCNA. 9 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
6. Weiser, Martin (8 January 2016). "Chests Full of Brass: A DPRK Political History in Orders, Medals, Prizes, and Titles". Sino-NK. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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8. Buzo, Adrian (1999). The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in North Korea. London/New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-86064-414-6.
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10. "National Grand Cross Order of Merit". Korea Today. Vol. 728 no. 2. 2017. ISSN 0454-4072.
11. "Orders, Medals and Honorary Titles from Many Countries". Pictorial Korea. No. 2. 2012. pp. 18–19. ISSN 1727-9208.
12. Kim 2021, p. 5.
13. "Orders, Medals and Certificates of Honorary Titles Awarded to Kim Jong Il on Display". KCNA. 21 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
14. "Boundless Reverence". Pictorial Korea. Vol. 733 no. 2. 2017. pp. 12–13. ISSN 1727-9208.
15. Kim 2021, p. 4.
16. "Order of Democracy". Korea Today. Vol. 745 no. 7. 2018. ISSN 0454-4072.
17. "Kim Jong Il receives commemorative medal from Putin". People's Daily Online. 10 March 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
18. "The 65th Anniversary of the Victorious Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) Commemorative Medal". Korea Today. Vol. 755 no. 5. 2019. ISSN 0454-4072.
19. "Highest orders and diplomas of honorary leader to comrade Kim Jong Il". KCNA. 23 December 1996. Archived from the original on 4 May 1997.
20. "Grand Cross Order of the Kingdom of Cambodia". Korea Today. Vol. 726 no. 12. 2016. ISSN 0454-4072.
21. "The National Grand Cross Order of a Thousand Hills". Korea Today. Vol. 695 no. 5. 2014. ISSN 0454-4072.
22. "Order of the Sun, and its certificate". Korea Today. Vol. 701 no. 11. 2014. ISSN 0454-4072.
23. "Order of the Welwitschia Mirabilis 1st Class". Korea Today. Vol. 731 no. 5. 2017. ISSN 0454-4072.
24. "Grand Cross of National Order of Lion and the Certificate". Korea Today. Vol. 707 no. 7. 2015. ISSN 0454-4072.
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26. "Kim Jong Il". The International Who's Who: 1992-93. London: Europa Publications. 1992. p. 867. ISBN 978-0-946653-84-3.
27. Kim 2021, p. 7.

Works cited

• Kim, Mi Ye (2021). "Infinite Admiration for the Great Person" (PDF). Pictorial Korea. Vol. 782 no. 2. pp. 1–9. ISSN 1727-9208.