Kim Jong-il
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011.
The record
Kim Jong-il was a Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. Born on 16 February 1941 in Vyatskoye, Jong-il died on 17 December 2011 in Pyongyang at the age of 70.
Positions held include Supreme Leader of North Korea (1994–2011), General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (1997–2011) and member of the Supreme People's Assembly. Jong-il studied at Kim Il-sung University and University of Malta. Honours include Order of Kim Il Sung, Order of the Republic, 1st Class and Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", among 16 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 136 languages, Kim Jong-il is No. 291 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 16 February 1941, Vyatskoye
- Died
- 17 December 2011, Pyongyang (aged 70)
- Country
- North Korea
- Known as
- Politician, military personnel, film producer
- Field
- Politics
- Party
- Workers’ Party of Korea
- Education
- Kim Il-sung University, University of Malta
- Languages
- Korean
- Children
- 6
- Wikipedia editions
- 136
Did you know
Was 53 when first supreme Leader of North Korea (1994).
Lived to 70.
Shares a birthday with Octave Mirbeau and Ernst Haeckel.
Has a Wikipedia article in 136 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Career
Positions held
- 1994–2011Supreme Leader of North Korea
- 1997–2011General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
- —Member of the Supreme People's Assembly
- —President of the State Affairs Commission
- —Eternal leaders of North Korea
Connections
- FatherKim Il-sung
- MotherKim Jong-suk
- SpouseHong Il-chon
- SpouseSong Hye-rim
- SpouseKim Young-sook
- SpouseKo Yong-hui
- SpouseKim Ok
- SiblingKim Kyong-hui
- SiblingKim Pyong-il
- SiblingKim Man-il
- ChildKim Jong-nam
- ChildKim Sul-song
9 have a profile here.
Honours and works
Awards
- Order of Kim Il Sung1978
- Order of the Republic, 1st Class1983
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"1985
- National Order of Niger1986
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali1992
- Order of Independence1992
- Order of Kim Il Sung1992
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"1995
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"2005
- National Order of Merit2005
- Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"2010
- Order of Kim Il Sung2012
- Hero of the Republic
- Order of the National Flag
- Royal Order of Cambodia
- Order of the Nile
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