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Taewonsu

Highest military rank in North Korea

Field	Value
name	Taewonsu
Grand marshal
image	DPRK-Army-OF-12.svg
image_size	80
caption	Shoulder boards for the rank of ko
country	North Korea
service branch
formation	April 1992
higher rank	None
lower rank	Konghwaguk Wonsu
(Marshal of the Republic)

Grand marshal | Non-NATO rank = (Marshal of the Republic) Taewonsu () is the highest possible military rank of North Korea and is intended to be an honorific title for Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. It is often confused with Marshal of the Republic and Marshal of the Korean People's Army, but ranks above both. The rank is senior to that of Wonsu. The title also exists in Chinese military history as dàyuánshuài (same Sino-Korean characters 大元帥), and was briefly taken by Sun Yat-sen.

History

The rank of taewonsu 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 taewonsu 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 rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union.

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References

(28 April 2022). "S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop escalating tensions over Kim's pledge to bolster nuclear power". Yonhap News Agency.
The People's Liberation Army as organization: reference volume v 1.0 - Volume 1 - Page 30 James C. Mulvenon, Andrew N. D. Yang, Center for Asia-Pacific Policy (Rand Corporation) - 2002 "Rank Categories - Ranks 1. Generalissimo (dayuanshuai) 2. Marshal (yuanshuai) 3. General Grade (jiangguan).. "
China this century - Page 169 Rafe De Crespigny - 1992 "In 1917 Sun Yatsen took for a time the title dayuanshuai, which basically means 'commander-in-chief ; though it is a general term rather than a military rank, it was translated as "
James Fleming Broken Border - Page 22 2009 "President Kim Jong Il is a man of many titles: Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, Commander of the Armed Forces, Taewŏnsu (a seven–star general), Chairman of the National Defense Committee, General Secretary,{{nbsp..."
Armstrong, Charles: "The Role and Influence of Ideology". In Kyung-Ae Park, Scott Snyder (ed.) ''North Korea in Transition: Politics, Economy, and Society'' 2012 "Kim Jong Il{{nbsp... and on April 20th, 1992, he was named “Marshal” (Wonsu). Kim Il Sung had been named “Generalissimo” (Taewonsu){{nbsp..."

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