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-| image        =[[Image:Bvdy76.jpg|200px]]
-| name         =Kim Jong Il
-| birth        =February 16, 1941<br/>Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR, [[Soviet Union]]
-| parents      =[[Kim Il Sung]]<br/>Kim Jong-suk
-| religion     =Atheist
-| education    =Kim Il-sung University
-| spouse       =Kim Young Sook<br/>Song Hye-rim<br/>Ko Young-hee<br/>Kim Ok
-| children     =Kim Sul-song<br/>Kim Il-soon<br/>Kim Jong-nam<br/>Kim Jong-chul<br/>[[Kim Jong Un]]
-| death        =December 17, 2011
-| deathmanner  =n/a
-| burial       =n/a
-| country      =[[North Korea]]
-| military     =n/a
-| rank         =None
-| polbeliefs   =Communism
-| party        =Workers' Party of Korea
-| dictatordate =July 8, 1994
-| war          =Minor skirmishes with South Korea
-| deathnumber  =2,000,000 to 3,000,000+
-}}
-'''Kim Jong Il''' ([[Hangul]]:김정일; [[Hanja]]:金正日) (born February 16, 1941, in Vyatskoye, Russia; died December 17, 2011<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10745725</ref>) was the dictator of [[North Korea]]. He came to power in 1994 and died in 2011. He was also the leader of the North Korean [[Communist Party|Communist]] party (officially, the Worker's Party of Korea). He was criticized for extensive [[human rights]] abuses in North Korea. Over one million people in North Korea have starved to death as a result of his corrupt government, disastrous agricultural polices, and refusal to accept international aid.
-He came into power in 1994, after his father [[Kim Il Sung]] died, remained the North Korean leader until his death.  He was an [[atheism|atheist]] and an intense persecutor of [[Christians]] and other organized religions.  He was in conflict with the world community over the building of nuclear weapons, but seems to relish the attention.  Kim claimed North Korea has built a nuclear weapon.
-Kim was only 5 feet 3 inches tall,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1907197.stm</ref> but styled his hair in an exaggerated fashion to appear to be taller leading some to speculate he had a [[Napoleon Complex]].
-Kim Jong Il was also thought to be a hypochondriac, as well as his chronic fear of flying. He traveled by a custom built armored train. He was also famous also for his lavish lifestyle, having been known to have at one time abducted a Japanese sushi chef for the sole purpose of making sushi for his "high exaltedness".<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/01/i-was-kim-jong-ils-cook/8837/</ref>
-==Cult of personality==
-Although not to the same extent as [[Kim Il Sung]], North Koreans venerated Kim Jong Il under a similar cult of personality. Some examples of Kim Jong Il's personality cult:
-*He was born under a double rainbow on the sacred Baektul Mountain in 1942. At the moment of his birth, a bright star lit up the sky, the seasons spontaneously changed from winter to spring and a double rainbow appeared in the sky. (In truth, he was born in Vyatskoye, Siberia in 1941.)<ref>http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/p/BioKimJongil.htm</ref>
-*At the age of four, "he smeared a Japanese map with black ink, then a stormy rain poured down on Japan."
-== Also See ==
-* [[Kim Il Sung]]
-== References==
-<references/>
-== Links ==
-[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1907197.stm BBC Profile]
-[[Category:Mass Murderers]]
-[[Category:Dictators]]
-[[Category:Communists]]
-[[Category:North Korean Political People]]
-[[Category:Atheists]]
-[[Category:Lunatics]]

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