Kim Jong-il | |
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김정일 | |
![]() Kim Jong-il on 24 August 2011 | |
Eternal General Secretary o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea (Appellation) | |
Assumed office 11 Aprile 2012 | |
Supreme Leader o North Korea | |
In office 8 Julie 1994 – 17 December 2011[1] | |
Premier | Hong Song-nam Pak Pong-ju Kim Yong-il Choe Yong-rim |
Precedit bi | Kim Il-sung (as Preses) |
Succeedit bi | Kim Jong-un |
General Secretary o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea | |
In office 8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011 | |
Depute | Kim Yong-nam Choe Yong-rim Jo Myong-rok Ri Yong-ho |
Precedit bi | Kim Il-sung |
Succeedit bi | Position abolished (Proclaimed Eternal Party general secretary after his death) |
Chairman o the Naitional Defence Commission o North Korea | |
In office 9 Aprile 1993 – 17 December 2011 | |
Depute | Jo Myong-rok |
Precedit bi | Kim Il-sung |
Succeedit bi | Position abolished as Kim Jong-il wis declared as the Eternal chairman on 13 Aprile 2012 |
Supreme Commander o the Korean Fowk's Army | |
In office 24 December 1991 – 17 December 2011 | |
Precedit bi | Kim Il-sung |
Succeedit bi | Kim Jong-un[2] |
Chairman o the Central Militar Commission o the Wirkers' Pairty | |
In office 8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011 | |
Depute | Kim Jong-un Ri Yong-ho |
Precedit bi | Kim Il-sung |
Succeedit bi | Kim Jong-un |
First Vice Chairman o the Naitional Defence Commission o North Korea | |
In office 24 Mey 1990 – 9 Aprile 1993 | |
Leader | Kim Il-sung |
Precedit bi | Position creatit |
Succeedit bi | O Chin-u |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 Februar 1941 Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Soviet records) 16 Februar 1942 Baekdu Mountain, Japanese Korea (North Korean biography)[a] |
Dee'd | 17 December 2011 Pyongyang [3], Democratic Fowk's Republic o Korea | (aged 70)
Restin place | Kumsusan Palace o the Sun, Pyongyang, Democratic Fowk's Republic o Korea |
Poleetical pairty | Wirkers' Pairty o Korea |
Spoose(s) | Kim Young-sook (1974–2011) |
Domestic partner | Song Hye-rim (1968–2002) Ko Young-hee (1977–2004) Kim Ok (2004–2011) |
Bairns | Kim Sul-song Kim Jong-nam Kim Jong-chul Kim Jong-un Kim Yo-jong[4] |
Alma mater | Kim Il-sung University |
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Militar service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/brainch | Korean Fowk's Army |
Years o service | 1991–2011 |
Rank | Generalissimo (대원수) |
Commands | Supreme Commander |
^ North Korean biographies, which claim his birth date as 16 February 1942, are generally nae considered tae be factually reliable. See below. |
Kim Jong-il (born Yuri Irsenovich Kim, written as Kim Jong Il an aw; born 16 Februar 1941 - 17 December 2011) wis the supreme leader o the Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea (North Korea) frae 1994 tae 2011. He succeedit his faither an foonder o the DPRK Kim Il-sung follaein the elder Kim's daith in 1994. He wis the Chairman o the Naitional Defence Commission, General Secretary o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea, an the Supreme Commander o the Korean Fowk's Airmy, the fowert lairgest standin airmy in the warld. In Aprile 2009, North Korea's constitution wis amendit an nou implicitly refers tae him as the "Supreme Leader".[5] He wis an aw referred tae as the "Dear Leader", "oor Faither", "the General" and "Generalissimo".[6] His son Kim Jong-un wis promotit tae a senior position in the rulin Wirker's Pairty an is his successor.[7]
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