Kim Il Sung was the founder and first leader of North Korea. According to North Korean sources, the country awarded him "the title of Hero of the DPRK three times, the title of Labour Hero of the DPRK, 26 orders and 3 medals". In addition, foreign countries and organizations conferred upon him 74 orders and 152 medals.
North Korean
Award or decoration DateOrder of the National Flag (1st Class with Neck Chain, six times),Hero of LaborHero of the Republic (thrice),,Order Commemoration of the Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (twice)Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice)1953Medal for Agricultural MeritsMedal of Military Service HonourCommemorative Order "60th Year Anniversary of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory"posthumousCommemorative Order "70th Year Anniversary of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory"posthumous
Foreign Award or decoration Country Date (1st Class)National Gold MedalOrder of Lenin (twice),Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Order of the Red BannerMedal "For the Victory over Japan"Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Order of the Yugoslav Star (Great Star)Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika (Honorary Member)Order of Karl Marx (twice),National Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross)Star of the Republic of Indonesia (1st Class)Order of Georgi Dimitrov (twice),Order of Mono (Grand Cross)Order of José Martí (twice),Order of Playa Girón Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (Grand Cross) (Batalla de San Jacinto, 1st Class)Gold Star OrderOrder of Victory of SocialismOrder of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic (twice, 1st Class and 1st Class with Band),Order of Klement GottwaldOrder of the White Lion (1st Class with Collar)Order of Polonia Restituta (Grand Cross, 1st Class)Order of the Umayyads (Grand Belt)National Order of Mali (Grand Cross)Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross) First Kingdom of Cambodia First Kingdom of CambodiaNational Order of Madagascar (Grand Cross, 1st Class) MadagascarOrder of Sukhbaatar (twice),Order of Eduardo Mondlane (1st Class)Order of the Gold Star of Nahouri (Grand Cross)Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross with Necklace)November 17 MedalInternational Union of StudentsOrder of Independence (Grand Cross)Ongulumbashe MedalOrder of the Equatorial StarNational Order of Merit (Grand Cross)National Order of the RepublicOrder of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland (Grand Ribbon) (twice),Order of Excellence of GuyanaNational Order of the Leopard (Grand Cordon) (Grand Cross)Order of the Grand Companion of Freedom (1st Class) (Grand Cross)Order of the Nile (Necklace)National Order of the People's Republic of Benin (Grand Cross)National Order of the Lion (Grand Cross)National Order of Merit (Grand Cross) (posthumous)
See also
Awards and decorations received by Kim Jong-il Awards and decorations received by Leonid Brezhnev List of awards and honours received by Nikita Khrushchev 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 List of things named after Kim Il Sung
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