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Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il
(; 16 February 1941/1942 – 17 December 2011) was the
supreme leader
of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea, from 1994 to 2011. By the early 1980s Kim had become the
heir apparent
for the leadership of the country and assumed important posts in the party and army organs. He succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK,
Kim Il-sung
, following the
elder Kim's death
in 1994. Kim Jong-il was the
General Secretary
of the
Workers' Party of Korea
(WPK),
Chairman
of the
National Defence Commission
(NDC) of North Korea, and the
Supreme Commander
of the
Korean People's Army
(KPA), the
fourth-largest standing army
in the world. Kim's leadership is thought to have been even more dictatorial than his father's.
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