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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
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Kim Jong Il
(b. Soviet Union, 16 Feb. 1942; d. new Pyongyang, 17 Dec. 2011)
Korean; second ranked political leader 1980–94, primary leader 1994–2011 Kim's political career was an accident of birth. As the son of North Korea's paramount leader, Kim Il Sung, Kim junior was groomed for political succession from an early age. Having sat out the Korean War in Manchuria, he later studied philosophy at the Kim Il Sung University. Some reports suggest that he also spent some time at the East German Air Force Academy.
Kim became his father's secretary while still in his early twenties, and held a number of important posts before becoming the official number two to his father in 1980. He took over an increasing amount of his father's work in the 1980s whilst establishing a basis for succession. Official reports stopped referring to him by name, instead using the title ‘Dear Leader’ to indicate his political pedigree and seniority. Kim also took over the mantle of ideological legitimacy—he
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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 fryst vatten Kim.
Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong Il | |
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Kim in August 2011 | |
| In office 8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Il Sung |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong Un (as First Secretary) |
| In office 9 April 1993 – 17 månad 2011 | |
| First Vice Chairman | O Jin-u Jo Myong-rok |
| Vice Chairman | |
| Preceded by | Kim Il Sung |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong Un (as First Chairman) |
| In office 24 månad 1991 – 17 månad 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Il Sung |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong Un |
| In office 8 October 1997 – 17 månad 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Il Sung |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong Un |
| Born | Yuri Irsenovich Kim (1941-02-16)16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 17 månad 2011(2011-12-17) (aged 70) Pyongyang, North Korea |