# List of awards and honours received by Kim Jong Il

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 decoration | Date |
| Order of Kim Il Sung (four times) | 3 April 1979, 7 April 1982, 7 April 1992, 29 March 2012 |
| Kim Il Sung Prize (twice) | February 1973, 29 March 2012 |
| International Kim Il-sung Prize | 16 February 2007 |
| Hero of the Republic (four times) | 15 February 1975, 15 February 1982, February 1992, 19 December 2011 |
| Order of the National Flag (1st Class with Neck Chain, five times individually and four times with Hero of the Republic) | 1982 |
| Order of the National Flag (2nd Class) | |
| Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice) | |
| Order of Freedom and Independence (2nd Class) | 1960s |
| Order 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 Order | |
| Commemorative 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 Revolutions | |
| Commemorative 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" | posthumous |
| Commemorative Order "70th Year Anniversary Of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory" | posthumous |

## Foreign

| Award or decoration | Country | Date |
| National Order of Merit (Grand Cross) | Guinea | 20 April 2005 |
| Order of Kiyatikun | Laos | April 1992 |
| Gold Medal of the Nation [es] | Laos | |
| National Order of Niger [nl] (Grand Cross) | Niger | 20 September 1986 |
| Order of the Republic (Collar) | Egypt | 4 April 1983 |
| Order of the Nile (Collar) | Egypt | |
| Order of Independence (Grand Cross) | Equatorial Guinea | 13 April 1992 |
| Order of Democracy | Colombia | 12 January 1995 |
| Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | Soviet Union | |
| Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Soviet Union | 9 May 1985 |
| Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Russia | 22 March 1995 |
| Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" | Russia | 2 December 2005 |
| Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Russia | 10 March 2005 |
| Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Russia | 4 May 2010 |
| Medal of Zhukov | Russia | |
| Order of Solidarity | Cuba | 31 January 1992 |
| National Order of the Leopard (Grand Cordon) | Zaire | 1992 |
| Commemoration Medal of the 80th Anniversary of Independence | Finland | |
| Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross) | Cambodia | 31 July 2004 |
| Order of National Independence [nl] (Grand Collar) | Cambodia | 31 July 2004 |
| Legion of Holy Jerusalem | Palestine | 27 July 1993 |
| World Friendship Order | Libya | February 2002 |
| Order of the Grand Conqueror [cs] | Libya | |
| National Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross) | Rwanda | May 1983 |
| Most Brilliant Order of the Sun | Namibia | 20 March 2008 |
| Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis (1st Class) | Namibia | 26 August 2002 |
| Ongulumbashe Medal | Namibia | 11 September 1992 |
| National Order of the Lion (Grand Cross) | Senegal | June 2011 |
| Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross) | Central African Republic | 9 July 1983 |
| Order of Roraima of Guyana | Guyana | 4 December 1983 |
| Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (1st Class) | Ethiopia | 16 November 1985 |
| National Order of Mali (Grand Cross) | Mali | 17 December 1992 |