“Students at Kim Il Sung University are reserve hardcore talents who will become leading officials of the revolution responsible for the important sectors and posts in the building of a powerful socialist country, the backbone in the struggle for the victory of the Juche revolution.”

North Korean politician and dictator, since 2011

Kim Jong Un is a North Korean politician and dictator who has led North Korea since 2011. He became supreme leader after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, and is the third member of the Kim family to rule the country, which was founded by his grandfather, Kim Il Sung. He also serves as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, president of the State Affairs Commission, and holds the top offices in the Korean People's Army. His public role is tied to the machinery of state power and party rule.