page_title: Taewonsu
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Taewonsu / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Ceremonia del 80° aniversario del nacimiento de Kim Il-Sung, en Corea del Norte, 1992. English: Kim Il-sung's 80th birthday ceremony with international guests, in 1992.
context_page_description: Taewŏnsu is the highest possible military rank of North Korea and is intended to be an honorific title for Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. The rank is senior to that of Wonsu. The title also exists in Chinese military history as dàyuánshuài, and was briefly taken by Sun Yat-sen.
context_section_description: The rank of taewŏnsu was created by a joint decision of the Central Committee and Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, the National Defence Commission and the Central People′s Committee in April 1992 to honor Kim Il-sung on his 80th birthday (Day of the Sun). In February 2012, his son and successor Kim Jong-il was awarded the title posthumously on the occasion of his official 70th birthday (Day of the Shining Star).
  The insignia for taewŏnsu is similar to wonsu but with an added crest worn beneath the shoulder board's large marshal star (and an added crest added to the parade uniform's marshal star worn below the collar), below the Emblem of North Korea. The rank insignia is based on the unofficial rank Generalissimus of the Soviet Union.
  If translated, the full rank is "Grand Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" literally and "Generalissimo of the DPRK" in the usual translation.
caption: 80th birthday of Kim Il-sung (Day of the Sun), 15 April 1992.
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