Kim Jung Il (oct 8, 1997 – dec 17, 2011)
Description:
"Dear Leader""The General"
(1941-2011)
announced as successor in April 1974
promoted Kim Il Sung's cult of personality as a power grab
made National Defense Commission the decision-making body in the government
merged the military and government
famine: 600,000-1,000,000
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Date:
oct 8, 1997
dec 17, 2011
~ 14 years