First Name: Kim
Title: General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party
Country: Korea; Democratic People's Republic of
Date of Birth: 16/02/1941
Place of Birth: Viatskoe in the
Soviet Union, Altough offical
North Korean Sources say Mount Paektu in northern Korea
Family: He succeeded his father,
Kim Il-sung Education: Recieved most of his Education in the People's Republic of China1964 Graduated in Political Economy from Kim Il-sung University
Politics: Korean Workers' Party
CV: 1994- Suceeded his father Kim Il-Sung as Party Leader of Korean Workers' Party and chairman of the National Defense Commission1998- Declared Supreme leader of North Korea, altough he inofficially held that position since 1994April 2004 a large bomb exploded at a train station a couple of houres after Kim Jong-il passed it, this assasination attempt was officially denied.November 2004: The russian news agency reported that portraits of Kim Jong-il was removed throughout North Korea. This was officially denied. He isn't reffered to "dear leader" in the Korean press as before, just as "General secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] National Defense Commission, and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army