- Born
- February 16, 1941
- Died
- December 17, 2011 (aged 70)
- Known as
- politician, military personnel, film producer, film actor, voice actor, television director
Kim Jong Il 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).
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