# Kim Jong-il

| Kim Jong-il |
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| 김정일 |
| Kim Jong-il on 24 August 2011 |
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| Eternal General Secretary o the Wirkers' Pairty o Korea (Appellation) |
| **Incumbent** |
| **Assumed office**  11 Aprile 2012 |
| Supreme Leader o North Korea |
| **In office** 8 Julie 1994 – 17 December 2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Personal details |
| Born | 16 Februar 1941(1941-02-16) Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Soviet records) 16 Februar 1942(1942-02-16) Baekdu Mountain, Japanese Korea (North Korean biography) |
| Dee'd | 17 December 2011(2011-12-17) (aged 70) Pyongyang , Democratic Fowk's Republic o Korea |
| 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 |
| Alma mater | Kim Il-sung University |
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| Militar service |
| Allegiance |  North Korea |
| 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*". He wis an aw referred tae as the "*Dear Leader*", "*oor Faither*", "*the General*" and "*Generalissimo*". His son Kim Jong-un wis promotit tae a senior position in the rulin Wirker's Pairty an is his successor.