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Kim Jong-il

1941 - 2011

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Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 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 death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Posthumously, Kim Jong Il was declared Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). In 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Jong-il is the 66th most popular politician (up from 117th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Russia (up from 18th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Politician.

Kim Jong-il is most famous for being the leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He was also the father of Kim Jong-un, who is the current leader of North Korea.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Jong-il ranks 66 out of 19,576. Before him are James K. Polk, William III of England, James II of England, Pompey, Darius the Great, and Mikhail Gorbachev. After him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Attila, Maria Theresa, Osman I, Marcus Aurelius, and Maximilien Robespierre.

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Among people born in 1941, Kim Jong-il ranks 1. After him are Joan Baez, Hayao Miyazaki, Bob Dylan, Slobodan Milošević, Alex Ferguson, Plácido Domingo, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Cesária Évora, and Riccardo Muti. Among people deceased in 2011, Kim Jong-il ranks 2. Before him is Steve Jobs. After him are Muammar Gaddafi, Wangari Maathai, Václav Havel, Elizabeth Taylor, Osama bin Laden, Otto von Habsburg, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Cesária Évora, Peter Falk, and Burhanuddin Rabbani.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Kim Jong-il ranks 9 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), and Mikhail Gorbachev (1931). After him are Igor Stravinsky (1882), Yuri Gagarin (1934), Dmitri Mendeleev (1834), Peter the Great (1672), Anton Chekhov (1860), and Nikita Khrushchev (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Kim Jong-il ranks 5. Before him are Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), and Mikhail Gorbachev (1931). After him are Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander II of Russia (1818), and Alexander III of Russia (1845).

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