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Kim Jong-il

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Also known as Kim Jong Il, Yuri Irsenovich Kim, Kim Dzong Il, Kim Xhong-Il

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

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Kim Jong-il was a group artist associated with Albuquerque. He was born in 1941 or 1942 and died on December 17, 2011. His recorded works include *On the Art of Opera*, *Kim Jong il's the Cinema and Directing*, *Que toda a nação unida alcance a reunificação independente e pacífica da pátria*, *Socialism Is a Science*, and *The Cinema and Directing*.

He is referenced by 1,410 other encyclopedia articles. His music has been played 847 times, with 211 listeners. Similar artists include Esbe & Jenova 7, Compson Sound, Outkast F. Sleepy Brown, (in time), and Whilk and Misky.

Quotes attributed to him include, "All exploiting classes, after all, constitute a reaction against history; they are the target of revolution," and "Glory to the heroic soldiers of the Korean People's Army!"

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • On the Art of Opera
  • Kim Jong il's the Cinema and Directing
  • Que toda a nação unida alcance a reunificação independente e pacífica da pátria
  • Socialism Is a Science
  • The Cinema and Directing

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Albuquerque

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
212
Total plays
848

Similar artists

Esbe & Jenova 7Compson SoundOutkast F. Sleepy Brown(in time)Whilk and Misky

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Quotes

  • Nothing is impossible for a man with a strong will. The possible is in store only for a man who loves the future. There is no word "impossible" in the Korean language.
  • All exploiting classes, after all, constitute a reaction against history; they are the target of revolution.
  • The core in the Juche outlook on the revolution is loyalty to the party and the leader. The cause of socialism and communism is started by the leader and is carried out under the guidance of the party and the leader.
  • In their day, Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin represented the aspirations and demands of the exploited working masses, and the cause of socialism was inseparably linked with their names.
  • The physical life of an individual person is limited, but the life of the masses united as an independent social-political organism is immortal.… Only when an individual becomes a member of this community can he acquire the immortal social-political life.
  • Glory to the heroic soldiers of the Korean People's Army!

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Kim
Gender
male
Citizenship
North Korea
Place of birth
Ussuriysk
Place of death
Pyongyang
Spouse
Kim Ok
Sibling
Kim Man-il
Languages spoken
Korean
Native language
Korean
Religion
atheism
Military branch
Korean People’s Army
Military rank
Taewonsu
Image
Kim Jong-il on August 24, 2011.jpg
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Commons category
Kim Jong-il
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1942-02-16
date of death
2011-12-17
topic's main category
Category:Kim Jong Il
unmarried partner
Kim Ok
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
김정일
ethnic group
Koreans
different from
Kim Jong-il
birth name
Юрий Ирсенович Ким
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Encyclopedic overview

Kim Jong Il (16 February 1941 or 1942 – 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).

By the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of North Korea, thus being established the Kim family, and he assumed important posts in party and army organizations. Kim succeeded his father and founder of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, following his death in 1994. Kim was the General Secretary of the WPK, Member of WPK Presidium, Chairman of the WPK Central Military Commission, 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.

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