Kim Jong Il

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Kim Jong Il (16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician and dictator who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011. Posthumously, Kim Jong Il was declared an eternal leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Kim was born in the far eastern region of the Soviet Union and moved to Pyongyang in 1945 following the end of Japanese rule. He joined the WPK in 1961 and rose through its ranks, joining the Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) in 1966. He was responsible for investigations following the Kapsan faction incident in 1967, and played a key role in the development of the Juche ideology, North Korean cult of personality and the Monolithic Ideological System. He became PAD director in 1973, and took an increasingly prominent role. He was formally designated as Kim Il Sung's successor in 1980 at the 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea. Kim succeeded his father following...

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