Kim Yo-jong

Kim Yo-jong

NameKim Yo-jong
TitleDeputy Department Director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
GenderFemale
Birthday+1987-09-26T00:00:00Z
nationalityNorth Korea
Sourcehttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4330912
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LastUpdate2024-07-19T12:13:03Z

Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정; 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.

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.

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