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Kim Jong Il
North Korean political leader
Also known as: Kim Chong Il
- Also spelled:
- Kim Chong Il
- Died:
- December 17, 2011 (aged 70)
- Political Affiliation:
- Korean Workers’ Party
- Notable Family Members:
- father Kim Il-Sung
- daughter Kim Yo-Jong
- son Kim Jong-Nam
- son Kim Jong-Un
Kim Jong Il (born February 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died December 17, 2011) was a North Korean politician, son of the former North Korean premier and (communist) Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) chairman Kim Il-Sung, and successor to his father as ruler (1994–2011) of North Korea. The official North Korean version of Kim Jong Il’s life, different from the biography documented elsewhere, says that he was born at a guerrilla base camp on Mount Paektu, the highest point on the Korean peninsula; it attributes many precocious abilities to him; and it claims his birth was accompanied by such auspicious signs as ...(100 of 977 words)