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Kim Jong Il

Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

For the South Korean long jumper, see Kim Jong-il (long jumper).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Eternal General Secretary

Kim Jong Il

Kim in August 2011

In office
8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011
Preceded byKim Il Sung
Succeeded byKim Jong Un (as First Secretary)
In office
9 April 1993 – 17 December 2011
First Vice ChairmanO Jin-u
Jo Myong-rok
Vice Chairman
Preceded byKim Il Sung
Succeeded byKim Jong Un (as First Chairman)
In office
24 December 1991 – 17 December 2011
Preceded byKim Il Sung
Succeeded byKim Jong Un
In office
8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011
Preceded byKim Il Sung
Succeeded byKim Jong Un
Born

Yuri Irsenovich Kim


(1941-02-16)16 February 1941
Vyatskoe, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died17 December 2011(2011-12-17) (aged 70)
Pyongyang, North Korea
Resting placeKumsusan Palace of the Sun, Pyongyang, North Korea
Nationality
Political party
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Kim Jong Il

(1941-2011)

Who Was Kim Jong Il?

Much of Kim Jong Il's persona is based on a cult of personality, meaning that legend and official North Korean government accounts describe his life, character and actions in ways that promote and legitimize his leadership, including his birth. Over the years, Kim's dominating personality and complete concentration of power has come to define the country North Korea.

Early Life

Kim Jong Il was born on February 16, 1941, though official accounts place his birth a year later. Some mystery surrounds when and where Kim Jong Il was born. Official North Korean biographies state that his birth occurred on February 16, 1942, in a secret camp on Mount Paekdu along the Chinese border, in Samjiyon County, Ryanggang Province, in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Other reports indicate he was born a year later in Vyatskoye in the former Soviet Union.

During World War II, his father commanded the 1st Battalion of the Soviet 88th Brigade, composed of Chinese and Korean exiles battling the Japanese Army. Kim Jong Il's m

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Kim Jong-il

North Korean leader

Kim Jong-il (1942 ~ 2011)

A young Kim Jong-il and his mother, Kim Jung-sook(middle)

Kim Jong-il was born on February 16, 1942 to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jung-sook in Khabarovsk, Russia. (North Koreans claim that he was born in a military hideout in Mt. Baekdu of Yang-gang Province’s Samjiyon County). Currently the most powerful man in North Korea, he has held office as the General Secretary of the KWP, Chairman of the NDC, Commander-in-chief of the KPA, Head of the Republic, member of the KWP Central Committee and the SPA, Cadre of the KWP Central Committee’s Political Bureau, etc.

Designated as his father’s successor as early as the mid 1970s, he began his apprenticeship by taking office in key positions such as Secretary of the KWP Central Committee and member of the KWP Central Committee’s Political Bureau. In 1990, he became the de facto no.2 man in power by being appointed as the 1st Division Chief of the NDC, while in 1991, he took office as Commander-in-chief of the KPA. The preparatory process for Kim Jong-il’s succession to power was

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