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{{Infobox | {{Infobox politician|name=Kim Jong-il|native_name=김정일|honorific prefix=Eternal General Secretary|political_party=[[Workers' Party of Korea]]|image=Kim Jong Il.png|image_size=200|death_cause=Heart attack|nationality=Korean|political_line=[[Juche]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]|caption=Official portrait of comrade Kim Jong-il|death_date=2011 December 17|death_place=[[Pyongyang]], [[DPRK]]|birth_date=1941 February 16}} | ||
'''Kim Jong-il''' (1941 February 16 – 2011 December 17) was the [[General secretary|General Secretary]] of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]] from 1997 to 2011 and Eternal General Secretary since his death. He was the son of Eternal President [[Kim Il-sung]] and father of current leader [[Kim Jong-un]]. The DPRK's constitution describes him as a "peerless patriot and defender of socialist Korea."<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Pak Thae-song]]|year=2019|title=Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|title-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Socialist_Constitution_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea_(2019)|chapter=Preamble|city=Pyongyang}}</ref> A poll in 2011 showed that 55% of defectors in [[Republic of Korea|South Korea]] believe that the majority of the DPRK's population supported Kim Jong-il.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Write to Rebel]]|title=Socialism and Democracy in the DPRK|date=2017-03-28|url=https://writetorebel.com/2017/03/28/socialism-and-democracy-in-the-dprk/|retrieved=2022-04-30}}</ref> | '''Kim Jong-il''' (1941 February 16 – 2011 December 17) was the [[General secretary|General Secretary]] of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]] from 1997 to 2011 and Eternal General Secretary since his death. He was the son of Eternal President [[Kim Il-sung]] and father of current leader [[Kim Jong-un]]. The DPRK's constitution describes him as a "peerless patriot and defender of [[Socialism|socialist]] Korea."<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Pak Thae-song]]|year=2019|title=Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|title-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Socialist_Constitution_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea_(2019)|chapter=Preamble|city=Pyongyang}}</ref> A poll in 2011 showed that 55% of defectors in [[Republic of Korea|South Korea]] believe that the majority of the DPRK's population supported Kim Jong-il.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Write to Rebel]]|title=Socialism and Democracy in the DPRK|date=2017-03-28|url=https://writetorebel.com/2017/03/28/socialism-and-democracy-in-the-dprk/|retrieved=2022-04-30}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | ==Early life== | ||
Kim Jong-il was involved with the [[Socialist Patriotic Youth League|Democratic Youth League]] when he was young and published his first works at the age of 23.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Red Patriot]]|title=LYC Honors Kim Jong-il|date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111182820/https://redpat.org/2022/01/lyc-honors-kim-jong-il/|archive-date=2022-01-11}}</ref> | Kim Jong-il was involved with the [[Socialist Patriotic Youth League|Democratic Youth League]] when he was young and published his first works at the age of 23.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Red Patriot]]|title=LYC Honors Kim Jong-il|date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111182820/https://redpat.org/2022/01/lyc-honors-kim-jong-il/|archive-date=2022-01-11}}</ref> He became vice-chairman of his school's DYL branch in 1957.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Lalkar]]|title=Comrade Kim Jong Il’s lifelong contribution to the Korean revolution|date=2021-07-23|url=https://thecommunists.org/2021/07/20/news/ireland-britain-dirty-war-ballymurphy-finucane-imperialism/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521054438/https://thecommunists.org/2021/07/23/news/comrade-kim-jong-ils-lifelong-contribution-to-the-korean-revolution/|archive-date=2022-05-21|retrieved=2022-12-04}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | ==Political career== | ||
== References == | === Central Committee === | ||
Kim was elected to the central committee of the WPK in 1964.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
He became Supreme Commander of the [[Korean People's Army]] in 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1997.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== General Secretary === | |||
Under Kim's leadership, Korea overcame flooding and economic crisis caused by the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]]. He mobilized the KPA to increase production capacity in record time and introduced the policy of [[Songun]] (military first).<ref name=":1" /> | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Communist leaders]] | [[Category:Communist leaders]] | ||
[[Category:Former heads of state]] | [[Category:Former heads of state]] | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Jucheists]] | [[Category:Jucheists]] | ||
[[Category:Anti-imperialists]] | |||
Revision as of 22:22, 4 December 2022
Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong-il 김정일 | |
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 Official portrait of comrade Kim Jong-il | |
| Born | 1941 February 16 |
| Died | 2011 December 17 Pyongyang, DPRK |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political orientation | Juche Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
Kim Jong-il (1941 February 16 – 2011 December 17) was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea from 1997 to 2011 and Eternal General Secretary since his death. He was the son of Eternal President Kim Il-sung and father of current leader Kim Jong-un. The DPRK's constitution describes him as a "peerless patriot and defender of socialist Korea."[1] A poll in 2011 showed that 55% of defectors in South Korea believe that the majority of the DPRK's population supported Kim Jong-il.[2]
Early life
Kim Jong-il was involved with the Democratic Youth League when he was young and published his first works at the age of 23.[3] He became vice-chairman of his school's DYL branch in 1957.[4]
Political career
Central Committee
Kim was elected to the central committee of the WPK in 1964.[4]
He became Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army in 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1997.[3]
General Secretary
Under Kim's leadership, Korea overcame flooding and economic crisis caused by the overthrow of the Soviet Union. He mobilized the KPA to increase production capacity in record time and introduced the policy of Songun (military first).[4]
References
- ↑ Pak Thae-song (2019). Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: 'Preamble'. Pyongyang.
- ↑ "Socialism and Democracy in the DPRK" (2017-03-28). Write to Rebel. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LYC Honors Kim Jong-il (2022-01-11). Red Patriot. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Comrade Kim Jong Il’s lifelong contribution to the Korean revolution" (2021-07-23). Lalkar. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-12-04.