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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, "many countries and international organizations conferred 39 orders, 141 medals and 201 honorary titles on him".

North Korean

Award or decoration		Date
	Order of Kim Il Sung (four times)	3 April 1979, 7 April 1982, 7 April 1992, 29 March 2012
	Kim Il Sung Prize (twice)	February 1973, 29 March 2012
	International Kim Il-sung Prize	16 February 2007
	Hero of the Republic (four times)	15 February 1975, 15 February 1982, February 1992, 19 December 2011
	Order of the National Flag (1st Class with Neck Chain, five times individually and four times with Hero of the Republic)	1982
	Order of the National Flag (2nd Class)
	Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice)
	Order of Freedom and Independence (2nd Class)	1960s
	Order of Soldier's Honor (1st Class)
	Order of Labor (thrice)
	Commemorative Order "Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"
	Commemorative Order "50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"
	Commemorative Order "60th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"
	Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Foundation of the People's Army"
	30th Anniversary of the Publication of the Rural Theses Order
	Commemorative Order "60th Anniversary of the People's Army"
	Commemorative Order "40th Anniversary of Fatherland Liberation War Victory"
	Order of the Red Banner of Three Great Revolutions
	Commemorative Order "Capital Construction"
	Commemorative Medal "The Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"
	Commemorative Medal "60th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"
	Commemorative Medal "Fatherland Liberation"
	Merited Service Medal (twice)
	Commemorative Medal "Mt. Kumgang Power Plant Construction"
	Commemorative Medal "Pyongyang-Nampho Highway Construction"
	Commemorative Medal "Huicheon Power Plant Construction"
	Commemorative Order "60th Year Anniversary Of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory"	posthumous
	Commemorative Order "70th Year Anniversary Of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory"	posthumous

Foreign

Award or decoration		Country	Date
	National Order of Merit (Grand Cross)	Guinea	20 April 2005
	Order of Kiyatikun	Laos	April 1992
	Gold Medal of the Nation [es]	Laos
	National Order of Niger [nl] (Grand Cross)	Niger	20 September 1986
	Order of the Republic (Collar)	Egypt	4 April 1983
	Order of the Nile (Collar)	Egypt
	Order of Independence (Grand Cross)	Equatorial Guinea	13 April 1992
	Order of Democracy	Colombia	12 January 1995
	Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"	Soviet Union
	Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Soviet Union	9 May 1985
	Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Russia	22 March 1995
	Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"	Russia	2 December 2005
	Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Russia	10 March 2005
	Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Russia	4 May 2010
	Medal of Zhukov	Russia
	Order of Solidarity	Cuba	31 January 1992
	National Order of the Leopard (Grand Cordon)	Zaire	1992
	Commemoration Medal of the 80th Anniversary of Independence	Finland
	Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross)	Cambodia	31 July 2004
	Order of National Independence [nl] (Grand Collar)	Cambodia	31 July 2004
	Legion of Holy Jerusalem	Palestine	27 July 1993
	World Friendship Order	Libya	February 2002
	Order of the Grand Conqueror [cs]	Libya
	National Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross)	Rwanda	May 1983
	Most Brilliant Order of the Sun	Namibia	20 March 2008
	Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis (1st Class)	Namibia	26 August 2002
	National Order of the Lion (Grand Cross)	Senegal	June 2011
	Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross)	Central African Republic	9 July 1983
	Order of Roraima of Guyana	Guyana	4 December 1983
	Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (1st Class)	Ethiopia	16 November 1985
	National Order of Mali (Grand Cross)	Mali	17 December 1992
	Ongulumbashe Medal	Namibia	11 September 1992

See also

• Awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung
• Awards and decorations received by Leonid Brezhnev
• List of awards and honours bestowed upon Joseph Stalin
• 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 978-1-03-769277-2.
2. "General Secretary Kim Jong Il's Chronology Part I (1942–1979)". The People's Korea. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
3. "General Secretary Kim Jong Il's Chronology Part II (1980–1990)". The People's Korea. Archived from the original on 13 March 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
4. "General Secretary Kim Jong Il's Chronology Part III (1990–1997)". The People's Korea. Archived from the original on 8 September 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
5. ^ Kim Jong Il: Biography. Vol. 4. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 2017. p. 351. ISBN 978-9946-0-1590-3.
6. ^ Kwon 2014, p. 12.
7. ^ 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.
8. "Foreigners Feted". KCNA. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
9. Kim Jong Il: Biography. Vol. 2. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 2006. pp. 29–30. OCLC 1052469835.
10. Lim, Jae-Cheon (2007). Kim Jong Il and His Leadership (Ph. D. thesis). University of Hawaiʹi. p. 162. OCLC 243774934.
11. "Title of DPRK Hero to Kim Jong Il Represents Korean People's Wish". KCNA. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
12. 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.
13. Sessler, Warren E.; McDaniel, Paul (2009). Military and Civil Awards of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Henderson, Nevada: Sessler Incorporated. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-615-28482-8.
14. ^ Kwon 2014, p. 13.
15. Choe 2013, p. 23.
16. "KCNA | Article | 70th Anniversary of War Victory Medal Conferred on Chairman Kim Jong Il". Korean Central News Agency. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
17. Kim, S. G. 2021, p. 23.
18. ^ Kim 2012, p. 18.
19. ^ Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il Is a Great Thinker and Theoretician (DVD). Mokran Video. 2000. OCLC 907298789.
20. ^ Kim, M. Y. 2021, p. 5.
21. Kim, S. G. 2021, p. 22.
22. ^ Kim 2017, p. 12.
23. ^ Kim, M. Y. 2021, p. 4.
24. "Order of Democracy". Korea Today. Vol. 745, no. 7. 2018. ISSN 0454-4072.
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26. Ким 2022, p. 206.
27. Ким Чен Ир родился у подножия священной горы. К юбилею вождя (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
28. Ким 2022, p. 208.
29. Ким 2022, p. 211.
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31. "The 65th Anniversary of the Victorious Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) Commemorative Medal". Korea Today. Vol. 755, no. 5. 2019. ISSN 0454-4072.
32. Ким 2022, p. 213.
33. "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.
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39. "The National Grand Cross Order of a Thousand Hills". Korea Today. Vol. 695, no. 5. 2014. ISSN 0454-4072.
40. "Order of the Sun, and its certificate". Korea Today. Vol. 701, no. 11. 2014. ISSN 0454-4072.
41. "'Order of the Sun' of Namibia Presented to Kim Jong Il". KCNA. 20 March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
42. "Namibian supreme order conferred on Kim Jong Il". KCNA. 29 August 2002. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
43. "Grand Cross of National Order of Lion and the Certificate". Korea Today. Vol. 707, no. 5. 2015. ISSN 0454-4072.
44. "Grand Cross Order of Merit". Korea Today. Vol. 711, no. 9. 2015. ISSN 0454-4072.
45. "Dear Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Receives Supreme Order of Central African Republic". Korea Today. 1983. p. 7. ISSN 0454-4072.
46. Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1983. p. A–13.
47. Kim, M. Y. 2021, p. 7.

Works cited

• Choe, Kwang (2013). "In Celebration of the Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War". Pictorial Korea. Vol. 693, no. 9. pp. 23–27. ISSN 1727-9208.
• Ким, Чхоль Хёк (2022). Новая история корейско-российской дружбы (in Russian). КНДР: Издательство литературы на иностранных языках.
• Kim, Kyong Hui (2012). "Orders, Medals and Honorary Titles from Many Countries". Pictorial Korea. No. 2. pp. 18–19. ISSN 1727-9208.
• Kim, Mi Ye (2021). "Infinite Admiration for the Great Person" (PDF). Pictorial Korea. Vol. 782, no. 2. pp. 1–9. ISSN 1727-9208.
• Kim, Son Gyong (2017). "Boundless Reverence". Pictorial Korea. Vol. 733, no. 2. pp. 12–13. ISSN 1727-9208.
• — (2021). "Infinite Admiration for Peerlessly Great Man" (PDF). Pictorial Korea. Vol. 792, no. 12. pp. 22–27. ISSN 1727-9208.
• Kwon, Hyok Chol (2014). "Reverence for the Great Leader". Pictorial Korea. Vol. 698, no. 2. pp. 12–13. ISSN 1727-9208.

Further reading

• 위대한 령도자 김정일동지께 드린 훈장, 메달, 명예칭호자료집 [Orders, Medals and Honorary Titles Presented to Kim Jong Il] (in Korean). DPRK. 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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