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Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il in August 2011
Supreme Leader of North Korea Leader of the Workers' Party of Korea
Preceded by	Kim Il-sung (as General Secretary of the Central Committee)
Succeeded by	Kim Jong-un (as First Secretary)
Chairman of the National Defense Commission
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
Preceded by	Kim Il-sung
Succeeded by	Kim Jong-un
Personal details
Born	Yuri Irsenovich Kim (1941-02-16)16 فبراير 1941 Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Soviet records) (1942-02-16)16 فبراير 1942 Baekdu Mountain, Japanese Korea (North Korean biography)
Died	17 ديسمبر 2011(2011-12-17) (العمر ) Pyongyang, North Korea
Resting place	Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Pyongyang, North Korea
Nationality	North Korean Soviet (Koryo-saram)
Spouse(s)	Hong Il-chon (1966–1969) Kim Young-sook (1974–2011)
Domestic partner(s)	Song Hye-rim (1968–2002) Ko Yong-hui (1977–2004) Kim Ok (2004–2011)
Children	Kim Jong-nam Kim Sul-song Kim Jong-chul Kim Jong-un Kim Yo-jong
Alma mater	Mangyongdae Revolutionary School Kim Il-sung University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea
Branch/service	Korean People's Army
Years of service	1991–2011
Rank	Taewonsu (대원수, roughly translated as Grand Marshal or Generalissimo)
Commands	Supreme Commander
^ North Korean biographies, which claim his birth date as 16 February 1942, are generally not considered to be factually reliable. Central institution membership 1980–2011: Member, Presidium of the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea 1974–2011: Member, Political Bureau of the 5th, 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea 1972–1997: Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea 1972–2011: Member, 5th, 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea 1982–2011: Deputy, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Supreme People's Assembly Other offices held 1997–2011: Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea 1980–1997: Member, Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea 1990–1993: First Vice Chairman, National Defense Commission Leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ← Kim Il-sung Kim Jong-un →