Kim Jong-il is a North Korean politician who served as North Korea's second Supreme Leader from 1994 to 2011. He has ruled Korea since his father's death in 1994 - Kim Il-sung , First Supreme Leader - until his death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong-un. By the early 1980s, Kim had become the clear heir to the leadership of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and held prominent positions in party offices and the military. Kim succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK Kim Nhat Thanh, after the death of his eldest brother Kim in 1994. Kim was General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, President WPK, Chairman of the National Defense North Korea and its supreme agencies. Commander of the Korean People's Army, the 4th largest standing army in the world. Kim ruled North Korea as a repressive and totalitarian dictatorship.
From 1994 to 2011, he was the Supreme Leader of North Korea, and he was the heart of his father's extensive cult of personality. He was the leader of one of the world's most brutal and totalitarian governments, and the number of individuals killed or imprisoned as a result of his policies is unknown.
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