Kim II-Sung was the president pf North Korea. Before he became a president he was Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972. After he died he son took this places as the president of North Korea. The son that took his place was Kim Jong-il as the president of North Korea. He had two wifes. His first wife was Kim Jong-Suk. She died after giving birth to daughter. She died at the age of 31 years old. She was the mother to the son that took his father place that was Kim Jong-il. She meet Kim II-Sung in China that both were working in Young Communist League of Korea. Both of them were young and had a more wedding. Her parent were poor farmer. She diead in september 22,1949. The second wife of Kim II Sung was Kim Song Ae. They married in 1952. Their wedding was not normal because of World War II. Their ceremony was very small and intimate. Only close family member were in the wedding. There was rumores that they had been having a affair before his first wife death. It was just rumores nothing was prove to be right. She had two sons and one daughter. The daughter name was Kim Kyong-Jin and the sons names were Kim Pyong-il and Kim Yong-Il. Kim II Sung had five children. Kim II Sung was born in Heilo, Japanese in April 15,1912 and died in July 8,1994. He had to younger brother Ch'Ol-Chu and Yong-Ju.His family was middle class but more going to the poverty side. His parents were very religiouse and both were tie with the church. His grandfather was Protestant Minister. At the age of fourteen his father past away. He was also put in prison twice in his life time because he was a Marxist. Then in 1935 he joining a group Anti-Japanese United Army. In this group he saw a man that become his mentor that was name Wei Zhengmin. At the same time change his name to Kim II Sung that means becoming the Sun . I found this in wikipedia. The name that his parent have him was Kim Sung-Ju. A man name Grigory Mekler think that this Kim II Sung second name was giving to him by the Soviet Union. He moved up in rank very easy. At the age of 24 he had become a commander of the 6th division. Later the division change the name to Kim II Sung division. He became president in december 28,1972. His gold as a president was to bring North Korea back to the gold ages. He wanted all society classses to be equal, that there would be not differents of society. When he got the president North Korea was in bad state. He decided the only way he could do this by seeing what the people need . He eliminated all class society. He used heavy industry ans arm producton to bring there economany up. In 1982 there was fear that Kim wanted war but it was not truth. Nothing happen it was rumores that were not truth. After his 70 birthday Kim II Sung started to have calcium deposit. Calcium deposit was from having bad nutrition as he was a child. It was growing it in the neck by the spinal cord. It could not be operated. When he had to take picture it would be in a special angle that would not show it. He did not wanted people to know about his disease. It was the size of basball. This most most of his life as a preisent,husband, and father.