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 decorationDateOrder of Kim Il Sung (four times),,,Kim Il Sung Prize (twice),International Kim Il-sung PrizeHero of the Republic (four times),,,Order of the National Flag (1st Class with Neck Chain, five times individually and four times with Hero of the Republic)1982Order of the National Flag (2nd Class)Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice)Order of Freedom and Independence (2nd Class)1960sOrder 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 OrderCommemorative 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 RevolutionsCommemorative 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"posthumousCommemorative Order "70th Year Anniversary of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory"posthumous
Foreign Award or decorationCountryDateNational Order of Merit (Grand Cross)Order of KiyatikunNational Gold Medal (Grand Cross)Order of the Republic (Collar)Order of the Nile (Collar)Order of Independence (Grand Cross)Order of DemocracyJubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Medal of ZhukovOrder of SolidarityNational Order of the Leopard (Grand Cordon)Commemoration Medal of the 80th Anniversary of IndependenceRoyal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross) (Grand Collar)Legion of Holy JerusalemWorld Friendship OrderNational Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross)Most Brilliant Order of the SunOrder of the Welwitschia (1st Class)Ongulumbashe MedalNational Order of the Lion (Grand Cross)Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross)Order of Roraima of GuyanaOrder of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (1st Class)National Order of Mali (Grand Cross)
See also Awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung 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
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