Kim Jong-chul
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Kim Jong-chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol,[1] is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il. His younger brother is current Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. His older half-brother Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in February 2017.
Kim Jong-chul | |
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김정철 | |
Born | (1981-09-25) 25 September 1981 (age 42) |
Education | Kim Il Sung University |
Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
Parent(s) | Kim Jong Il (father) Ko Yong-hui (mother) |
Relatives | Kim family |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 김정철 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jeongcheol |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chŏngch'ŏl |
In 2007, Jong-chul was appointed deputy chief of a leadership division of the Workers' Party of Korea. However, on 15 January 2009, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported that Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest son, Jong-un, to be his successor, passing over Jong-nam and Jong-chul. These reports were supported in April 2009 when Kim Jong Un assumed a low-level position within the ruling Workers' Party since Kim Jong Il was groomed by his own father, Kim Il Sung, in a similar way before becoming North Korean leader in 1994.[2]