Kim Jong-il
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Not to be confused with Kim Yong-il, Kim Jong-pil, or Kim Jong-il (athlete).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Jong-il
김정일
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Kim Jong-il in 2011
Supreme Leader of
North Korea
In office
9 April 2009 – 17 December 2011
Preceded by Kim Il-sung (as President)
Succeeded by Kim Jong-un
General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea
In office
8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011
Eternal General Secretary since 11 April
2012
Preceded by Kim Il-sung (as General Secretary of the Central Committee)
Succeeded by Kim Jong-un (as First Secretary)
Chairman of the National Defence Commission
In office
9 April 1993 – 17 December 2011
Eternal Chairman since 13 April
2012
Deputy Jo Myong-rok
Preceded by Kim Il-sung
Succeeded by Kim Jong-un (as First Chairman)
Supreme Commander
of the Korean
People's Army
In office
24 December 1991 – 17 December 2011
Preceded by Kim Il-sung
Succeeded by Kim Jong-un
Personal details
Born
Yuri Irsenovich Kim
16 February 1941
Vyatskoye, Khabarovsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Soviet records)
16 February 1942
Baekdu Mountain, Japanese Korea (North Korean biography) (Present-
Day Ryanggang,
North Korea and Jilin, China)
Died 17 December 2011 (aged 70)
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