Kim Yo Jong
Kim Yo Jong | |
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Kim in 2018 | |
| Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea | |
| Assumed office 23 February 2026 | |
| General Secretary | Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | Ri Il-hwan |
| Director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea | |
| Assumed office 28 February 2026 | |
| General Secretary | Kim Jong Un |
| Member of the State Affairs Commission | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2021 | |
| President | Kim Jong Un |
| Deputy Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department | |
| In office 28 November 2014 – 23 February 2026 | |
| General Secretary | Kim Jong Un |
| Director | |
| Preceded by | Ri Jae-il |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1987 Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Party | Workers' Party of Korea (since 2007) |
| Spouse |
Choe Song (m. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Kim family |
| Alma mater | Kim Il Sung University |
| Signature | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김여정 |
| Hanja | 金與正 |
| RR | Gim Yeojeong |
| MR | Kim Yŏjŏng |
Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정; born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat, and sister of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Un. As of February 2026 she is the director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). This high-level appointment occurred during the first plenary meeting of the 9th Central Committee, held alongside the Ninth Party Congress in Pyongyang. 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. Since 2026, she has been serving as a full member of the Politburo.