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[[File:Kim_Jong-il_August_2011.png|thumb|Jong-il on August 24, 2011]]

'''Kim Jong-il''' (born '''Yuri Irsenovich Kim''', February 16, 1941 – December 17, 2011), also romanised as '''Kim Jong-Il''', '''Kim Jong Il''', or '''Kim Jung-il''', was the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK [[Kim Il-sung]], following his death in 1994. Jong-il was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, and the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, the 4th-largest standing army in the world. He continued his father's rabid hold on the nation of North Korea, where the citizens have virtually no rights whatsoever. He, however, also held the strongest of all militaries and was still generally less brutal than his father was.

'''Kim Jong-il''' (born '''Yuri Irsenovich Kim'''; February 16, 1941 – December 17, 2011), also romanised as '''Kim Jong-Il''', '''Kim Jong Il''', or '''Kim Jung-il''', was the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK [[Kim Il-sung]], following his death in 1994. Jong-il was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, and the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, the 4th-largest standing army in the world. He continued his father's rabid hold on the nation of North Korea, where the citizens have virtually no rights whatsoever. He, however, also held the strongest of all militaries and was still generally less brutal than his father was.

In December 2011, Jong-il died of a stroke and was soon succeeded by his son [[Kim Jong-un]].

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 [[File:Kim_Jong-il_August_2011.png|thumb|Jong-il on August 24, 2011]]
-'''Kim Jong-il''' (born '''Yuri Irsenovich Kim''', February 16, 1941 – December 17, 2011), also romanised as '''Kim Jong-Il''', '''Kim Jong Il''', or '''Kim Jung-il''', was the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK [[Kim Il-sung]], following his death in 1994. Jong-il was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, and the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, the 4th-largest standing army in the world. He continued his father's rabid hold on the nation of North Korea, where the citizens have virtually no rights whatsoever. He, however, also held the strongest of all militaries and was still generally less brutal than his father was.
+'''Kim Jong-il''' (born '''Yuri Irsenovich Kim'''; February 16, 1941 – December 17, 2011), also romanised as '''Kim Jong-Il''', '''Kim Jong Il''', or '''Kim Jung-il''', was the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK [[Kim Il-sung]], following his death in 1994. Jong-il was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, and the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, the 4th-largest standing army in the world. He continued his father's rabid hold on the nation of North Korea, where the citizens have virtually no rights whatsoever. He, however, also held the strongest of all militaries and was still generally less brutal than his father was.
 In December 2011, Jong-il died of a stroke and was soon succeeded by his son [[Kim Jong-un]].