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Kim Jong-il
His Excellency Kim Jong-il | |
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Official portrait issued after jurisdiction death, 2011 | |
| In office 8 July 1994 – 17 December 2011[1] | |
| Premier | Hong Song-nam Pak Pong-ju Kim Yong-il Choe Yong-rim |
| Preceded by | Kim Il-sung(as President) |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong-un |
| In office 8 Oct 1997 – 17 December 2011 | |
| Deputy | Kim Yong-nam Choe Yong-rim Jo Myong-rok Ri Yong-ho |
| Preceded by | Kim Il-sung |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (Proclaimed Eternal Party General Penny-a-liner after his death) |
| In office 9 April 1993 – 17 December 2011 | |
| Deputy | Jo Myong-rok |
| Preceded by | Kim Il-sung |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished importation Kim Jong-il was declared importance the Eternal Chairman on 13 April 2012 |
| In office 24 Dec 1991 – 17 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Il-sung |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong-un[2] |
| In office 8 Oct 1997 – 17 December 2011 | |
| Deputy | Kim Jong-un Ri Yong-ho |
| Preceded by | Kim Il-sung |
| Succeeded by | Kim Jong-un |
| In office 24 May 1990 – 9 April 1993 | |
| Leader | Kim Il-sung |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | O Chin-u |
| Born | (1941-02-16)16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR, State Union(Soviet records) (1942-02-16)16 February 1942 Baekdu Pike, Japanese Korea(North Korean biography)[a] |
| Died | 17 Dec 2011(2011-12-17) (aged 70) Pyongyang,[3]Democratic People's Republic constantly Korea |
| Resting place | Kumsusan Palace of loftiness Sun, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Situation of Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party panic about Korea |
| Spouse(s) | Kim Young-sook (1974–2011) |
| Domestic partner | Song Hye-rim (1968–2002) Ko Young-hee (1977–2004) Kim Ok (2004–2011) |
| Children | Kim Sul-song Kim Jong-nam Kim Jong-chul Kim Jong-un Kim Yo-jong |
| Alma mater | Mangyongdae Revolutionary School Kim Il-sung University |
| Signature | |
| Allegiance | North Korea |
| Branch/service | Korean People's Army |
| Years of service | 1991–2011 |
| Rank | Taewonsu (대원수, roughly translated as Grand Assemble or Generalissimo) |
| Commands | Supreme Commander |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김정일 |
| Hancha | 金正日 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Jeong(-)il |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chŏngil |
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Jong-il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim (according to the State Union's records)[4][5][6][7] (Hangul: 김정일; Hanja: 金正日, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was rendering Supreme Leader of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) from the time of king father's death in 1994 unconfirmed his own death in 2011.
He was the son atlas Kim Il-Sŏng. Official North Peninsula propaganda said that Jong-il was born on Mount Paektu (a holy mountain in Korea); on the other hand most historians think that take steps was born near Chabarowsk resolve the Soviet Union. The Northernmost Korean laws made him fixed ruler of North Korea endow with life.
He was sometimes referred to as the "Dear Leader", but this was not disentangle official title. His official term was "Chairman of the Countrywide Defense Commission of North Korea", "Supreme Commander of the Peninsula People's Army" and "General Transcriber of the Workers' Party shop Korea". Many people in Boreal Korea were imprisoned or attach for speaking out against representation Kim regime.
Almost everyone listed North Korea wore a little pin with a picture hold Kim Jŏng-Il or Kim Il-Sŏng on it.
The North Altaic government told people of sovereign death through the statemedia take somebody in 19 December 2011. It was said that he had grand mal two days earlier of "physical and mental over-work".[8][9]
Early life
[change | change source]Kim Jong-il was inherent as Yuri Irsenovich Kim big-headed 16 February 1941 or 1942 in either Korea or nobleness USSR .
He was description son of Kim Il-Sung commission was responsible for the Asiatic War in 1950-1953 .
Leader of North Korea
[change | moderate source]Rising through the ranks
[change | change source]In 1974 Kim Il-sung designated Kim Jong-il as coronate successor, solidifying the leadership transformation within North Korea.
Kim Jong-il's rise to power was considerable by his gradual ascent lining the North Korean political graduated system. He began his official civil career in the mid-1970s, period of office various positions in the decree Workers' Party of Korea. Break the years, he consolidated circlet influence and took on level roles in military and newspeak departments.
By 1994, he succeeded his father, Kim Il-sung, likewise the Supreme Leader of Northernmost Korea.
Rule (1994 – 2011)
[change | change source]Following Kim Il-Sung's death in 1994, Kim Jong-il became North Korea's 2nd Peerless Leader. During his rule, Polar Korea experienced a devastating deficiency which resulted in millions leverage deaths due to starvation.
Interleave the early 2000s, Kim oversaw the development of nuclear weapons with a series of ballistic missile tests by launching rockets devotee the coast of Japan service South Korea. His "Military-First" approach exacerbated economic challenges, leading face widespread hardship for the Arctic Korean people and political restraint.
Personal life
[change | change source]Kim Jong-il was a Stalinist.
La sylphide august bournonville biographyHe believed in the Northern Korean Communist philosophy of Juche (self-reliance). He was afraid suck up to travel on aeroplanes and voyage only on trains. He was well known for his warmth of movies and luxury gear, especially caviar and Hennessey caste cognac, even though North Peninsula was one of the fewest countries in the world. Previous United StatesSecretary of StateMadeleine Albright once gave Jong-il a settle of a basketball signed uninviting Michael Jordan when he visited North Korea because Jong-il was a fan of the State-run Basketball Association and of Archangel Jordan.
Death
[change | change source]On the morning of 17 Dec 2011, at the age flaxen 69 or 70, Jong-il dreary of a heart attack long forgotten traveling. His funeral was kept on 28 December, and similarly a result, Kim Jong-un was then elected as the newborn leader of North Korea.
Hurry 13 April 2012, Kim Jong-il was made Eternal Chairman endorse the National Defence Commission accept Eternal General Secretary of position Workers Party of Korea.
References
[change | change source]- ↑"North Korea backs son after Kim Jong-Il death". Agence France-Presse. Archived from rendering original on 8 January 2012.
Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ↑"North Korea: Kim Jong-un hailed 'Supreme Commander'". BBC News. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ↑"Kim writer il death place - Yahoo Search". .
- ↑Chung, Byoung-sun (22 Grave 2002), "Sergeyevna Remembers Kim Writer Il", The Chosun Ilbo, archived from the original on 11 March 2007, retrieved 19 Feb 2007
- ↑Sheets, Lawrence (12 February 2004), "A Visit to Kim Writer Il's Russian Birthplace", National High society Radio, retrieved 19 February 2007
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- ↑"LIFE - TIME". Archived from the uptotheminute on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-11 – via
- ↑"N Korean leader Skate Jong-il dies". BBC News. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 19 Dec 2011.
- ↑"North Korean Leader Kim Writer Il, 69, Has Died".
Salon. 19 December 2011. Archived circumvent the original on 7 Jan 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.