Kim Jong Il

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authoritarian leader dictator head of state human politician

Kim Jong Il was the authoritarian leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011, known for his cult of personality, nuclear ambitions, and severe human rights abuses.

Aliases (1)
Statements (56)
Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian leader →
dictator →
head of state →
human →
politician →
allegedHobby film collecting →
fine dining →
watching movies →
cameToPowerAfter death of Kim Il Sung →
causeOfDeath heart attack →
child Kim Jong Chol →
Kim Jong Nam →
Kim Jong Un →
countryOfCitizenship North Korea →
surface form: "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"

North Korea →
dateOfBirth 1941-02-16 →
1942-02-16 →
dateOfDeath 2011-12-17 →
education Kim Il-sung University →
surface form: "Kim Il Sung University"
endTimeOfPosition 2011 →
ethnicGroup Korean →
familyName Kim →
father Kim Il Sung →
gender male →
givenName Kim Jong Il →
surface form: "Jong Il"
governmentSystemDuringRule one-party state →
totalitarian regime →
ideology Juche →
Songun →
languagesSpoken Korean →
mother Kim Jong-suk →
surface form: "Kim Jong Suk"
name Kim Jong Il →
nativeLanguage Korean →
notableFor North Korean nuclear weapons program →
authoritarian rule of North Korea →
cult of personality in North Korea →
severe human rights abuses in North Korea →
occupation politician →
statesman →
partner Ko Yong Hui →
placeOfBirth Khabarovsk Krai →
Soviet Union →
Vyatskoye →
placeOfDeath North Korea →
Pyongyang →
politicalParty Workers' Party of Korea →
positionHeld Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea →
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea →
Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea →
surface form: "Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army"

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea →
surface form: "Supreme Leader of North Korea"
religion atheism →
residence Pyongyang →
sibling Kim Kyong-hui →
surface form: "Kim Kyong Hui"
spouse Kim Young Sook →
startTimeOfPosition 1994 →
successor Kim Jong Un →
Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Juche → associatedWith → Kim Jong Il →
Juché → associatedWith → Kim Jong Il →
subject surface form: "Juche"
Songun → associatedWithLeader → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Il Sung → child → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong-suk → child → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong-suk → family → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong Un → father → Kim Jong Il →
North Korea → formerLeader → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong Il → givenName → Kim Jong Il →
this entity surface form: "Jong Il"
Kim dynasty → memberOfFamily → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong-suk → mother → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong Il → name → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Man-il → notableRelative → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Jong Un → predecessor → Kim Jong Il →
Kang Pan-sok → relative → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Kyong-hui → relative → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Sung-ae → relative → Kim Jong Il →
Kim dynasty → secondLeader → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Kyong-hui → sibling → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Man-il → sibling → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Pyong-il → sibling → Kim Jong Il →
Kim Il Sung → successor → Kim Jong Il →
Juche → systematizedBy → Kim Jong Il →
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