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[[File:Kim Jong il Portrait-2.jpg|alt=Kim Jong-il, Eternal Leader of Juche Korea and Eternal Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|thumb|Kim Jong-il, Eternal Leader of Juche Korea and Eternal Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]
[[Kim Jong-il]], former [[leader of North Korea]], received numerous titles during his rule. Despite his death in 2011, he is currently an Eternal Leader of Juche Korea and the Eternal Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Republic.
 
[[Kim Jong Il]], the former [[leader of North Korea]], received numerous titles during his rule. Despite his death in 2011, he is currently the Eternal Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Republic.
When he is mentioned in [[North Korean media]] and publications, he is most commonly referred to as "Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong-il" (Korean:위대한 령도자 김정일동지) or "General" (Korean: 장군님). Like his father and son, when his name is written, it is always emphasised by a special bold font or in a larger font size, for example: "The great leader Comrade '''Kim Jong-il''' provides [[on-the-spot guidance]] to the Ragwon Machine Complex." or "The great leader Comrade <big>Kim Jong-il</big> provides [[on-the-spot guidance]] to the Ragwon Machine Complex." <ref name="Northkoreatech.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/07/20/coding-the-kims/ |title=Coding the Kims |newspaper=[[North Korea Tech]] |date=July 20, 2011 |author=Martyn Williams |accessdate= December 11, 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|date=March 2005|title=55-year-long History of Development of Foreign Trade|url=http://www.kcckp.net/en/periodic/f_trade/index.php?contents+21+2003-03+6+1|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119163904/http://www.kcckp.net/en/periodic/f_trade/index.php?contents+21+2003-03+6+1|archivedate=2005-11-19|accessdate=2010-01-05|publisher=Foreign trade}} Article from North Korean magazine.</ref>
 
== Usage of North Korean media ==
Scholars{{who|date=December 2015}} have collected the following list of Kim Jong-il's titles.<ref name="yonwonhi">{{cite book
When he is mentioned in [[North Korean media]] and publications, he is most commonly referred to as "Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il" ({{Korean|hangul=위대한 령도자 김정일동지|labels=no}}) or "General" ({{Korean|hangul=장군님|labels=no}}).
|last=김
|first=봉기
|script-title=ko:영원히 우리와 함께 계신다
|trans-title=He is always with us
|series=조선민주주의인민공화국 바로읽기 시리즈
|publisher=판문점트레블센타
|location=서울
|language=ko
|isbn=89-5556-491-0
|pages=289–291
}}</ref><ref name="sahwe">
{{cite book
|last = 전
|first = 영선
|script-title = ko:다시 고쳐 쓴 북한의 사회와 문화
|trans-title=A New View of North Korean Society and Culture
|publisher = 역락
|year = 2006
|isbn = 89-5556-491-0}}
</ref> The titles themselves were developed by the [[Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea|Central Committee of the Workers' Party]].
 
Like his father and son, when his name is written, it is always emphasised by a special bold font or in a larger font size, for example: "The great leader Comrade {{strong|Kim Jong Il}} provides [[on-the-spot guidance]] to the Ragwon Machine Complex." or "The great leader Comrade {{big|Kim Jong Il}} provides [[on-the-spot guidance]] to the Ragwon Machine Complex."<ref name="Northkoreatech.org">{{cite web |author=Martyn Williams |date=July 20, 2011 |title=Coding the Kims |url=http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/07/20/coding-the-kims/ |accessdate=December 11, 2014 |newspaper=[[North Korea Tech]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 2005 |title=55-year-long History of Development of Foreign Trade |url=http://www.kcckp.net/en/periodic/f_trade/index.php?contents+21+2003-03+6+1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119163904/http://www.kcckp.net/en/periodic/f_trade/index.php?contents+21+2003-03+6+1 |archivedate=2005-11-19 |accessdate=2010-01-05 |publisher=Foreign trade}} Article from North Korean magazine.</ref>
In April 2009, [[North Korea's constitution]] was amended to refer to him and his successors as the "supreme leader of the DPRK".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8279830.stm|title=N Korea constitution bolsters Kim|last=McGivering|first=Jill|date=29 September 2009|work=BBC News|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref>
 
== List of official titles and offices ==
 
=== CurrentOfficial titles and offices ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[Chosŏn'gŭl]] ([[Hancha]])
!DPRK [[McCune–Reischauer]]
!English
!Tenure
!Comment
! class="unsortable" |References
|-
| align="center" |주체조선의조선로동당의 영원한 수령총비서
| align="center" |''Chuch'ech'osŏnŭi Yŏngwŏnhan Suryŏng''Tang Chongpisŏ
| align="center" |[[Eternal leadersGeneral Secretary of Norththe Korea|EternalWorkers' LeaderParty of Juche Korea]]
|Appointed at the 4th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea on 11 April 2012.
|30 June 2016 - incumbent
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gambino|first=Lauren|date=11 April 2012|title=Kim Jong-il made General Secretary for Eternity at North Korea ceremony|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9197729/Kim-Jong-il-made-General-Secretary-for-Eternity-at-North-Korea-ceremony.html|access-date=6 January 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
|Established by a line in the preamble to the [[Constitution of North Korea|Constitution]], as [[Constitutional amendment|amended]] on 30 June 2016.
|
|-
| align="center" |공화국의 영원한 국방위원회 위원장
| align="center" |''Gonghwagukŭi Yŏngwŏnhan Gugbangviwonhui Viwonchang''
| align="center" |Eternal Chairman of the National Defense Commission
|Appointed at the 5th Meeting of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly on 13 April 2012.
|13 April 2012 - incumbent
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=공화국의 영원한 국방위원회 위원장이신 김정일동지|url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&mtype=view&no=1190347|website=Uri Minzokkiri|access-date=2021-03-30|archive-date=2022-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215132531/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&mtype=view&no=1190347|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Was appointed at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly, held in April 2012.
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=공화국의 영원한 국방위원회 위원장이신 김정일동지|url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&mtype=view&no=1190347|url-status=live|website=Uri Minzokkiri}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |영원한 당 총비서
| align="center" |Yŏngwŏnhan Tang Chongpisŏ
| align="center" |Eternal General Secretary of the Party
|11 April 2012 - 10 January 2021
|
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gambino|first=Lauren|date=11 April 2012|title=Kim Jong-il made General Secretary for Eternity at North Korea ceremony|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9197729/Kim-Jong-il-made-General-Secretary-for-Eternity-at-North-Korea-ceremony.html|access-date=6 January 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |조선민주주의인민공화국 대원수
| align="center" | ''Chosŏnminjujuŭiinmin'gonghwaguk Taewŏnsu''
| align="center" |Generalissimo of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
| colspan="2" |Posthumously promoted on the 14 February 2012.
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=략력|url=https://ournation-school.com/great/81/2#greates_wrapper|website=Our Nation School}}</ref>
|
|}
 
=== Previously heldHeld offices and titles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[Chosŏn'gŭl]] ([[Hancha]])
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| align="center" |
| align="center" |Member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
|SeptemberOctober 19731972 -– 17 December 2011
|Elected at the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 5th Party Central Committee.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 중앙위원회 비서
|
| align="center" |Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
|{{cn|date=March 2021}}
|September 1973 – 8 October 1997
|Elected at the 7th Plenary Meeting of the 5th Party Central Committee, re-elected at the 6th Congress of the WPK.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 중앙위원회 정치위원회 위원
|
| align="center" |Member of the Political Committee of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
|February 1974 – October 1980
|Elected at the 8th Plenary Meeting of the 5th Party Central Committee.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 중앙위원회 정치국 상무위원회위원
|
| align="center" |Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
|October 1980 – 17 December 2011
|Elected at the 6th Congress of the WPK, re-elected at the 3rd Conference of the WPK.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 중앙위원회 정치국 위원
| align="center" |
| align="center" |Member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
|FebruaryOctober 19741980 -– 17 December 2011
|Elected at the 6th Congress of the WPK, re-elected at the 3rd Conference of the WPK.
|
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 중앙군사위원회 위원
|
| align="center" |Member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
|October 1980 – 17 December 2011
|Elected at the 6th Congress of the WPK, re-elected at the 3rd Conference of the WPK.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 총비서
| align="center" |''Chosŏn Rodongdang Ch'ongbisŏ''
| align="center" |General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
|8 October 1997 -– 17 December 2011
|Elected by joint notice between the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the WPK, re-elected at the 3rd Conference of the WPK.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선로동당 중앙군사위원회 위원장
| align="center" |''chosŏllodongdang chunganggunsawiwŏnhoe wiwŏnjang''
| align="center" |Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
|8 October 1997 – 17 December 2011
|
|
|{{cn|date=March 2021}}
|-
! colspan="6" |State
|-
| align="center" |조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의 대의원
|
| align="center" |Deputy to the Supreme Peoples' Assembly of the DPRK
|February 1982 – 17 December 2011
|Elected to the 7th to 12th Supreme Peoples' Assembly.
|<ref name=":1"/>
|-
| align="center" |조선민주주의인민공화국 국방위원회 제1부위원장
| align="center" |
| align="center" |First-vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK
|23 May 1990 -– 9 April 1993
|Elected at the 1st session of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly.
|
|<ref name=":0">윤일건 (2012년 4월 13일). “北, 김정은 국방위 제1위원장 신설추대(종합)”. 《연합뉴스》. 2018년 8월 21일에 확인함.</ref>
|-
| align="center" |조선민주주의인민공화국 국방위원회 위원장
| align="center" |''Chosŏnminjujuŭiinmin'gonghwaguk Kukpangwiwŏnhoe Wiwŏnjang''
| align="center" |Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK
|9 April 1993 -– 17 December 2011
|Elected at the 5th Session of the 9th Supreme People's Assembly, re-elected at the 1st meetings of the 10th to 12th Supreme Peoples' Assembly.
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
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|-
| align="center" |조선인민군 최고사령관
| align="center" |''Chosŏninmin-gun Ch'oegosaryŏnggwan''
| align="center" |Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army
|24 December 1991 -– 17 December 2011
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=조선인민군 최고사령관 김정은동지께서 조선인민군 제２６４대련합부대 지휘부를 시찰하시였다|url=http://web-uridongpo.com/2015/05/24/%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%B0-%EC%B5%9C%EA%B3%A0%EC%82%AC%EB%A0%B9%EA%B4%80-%EA%B9%80%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80%EB%8F%99%EC%A7%80%EA%BB%98%EC%84%9C-%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC-35/}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |조선민주주의인민공화국 원수
|''Chosŏnminjujuŭiinmin'gonghwaguk Wŏnsu''
| align="center" |Marshal of the DPRK
|April 1992 – 14 February 2012
|
|<ref name=":1"/>
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=조선인민군 최고사령관 김정은동지께서 조선인민군 제２６４대련합부대 지휘부를 시찰하시였다|url=http://web-uridongpo.com/2015/05/24/%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%B0-%EC%B5%9C%EA%B3%A0%EC%82%AC%EB%A0%B9%EA%B4%80-%EA%B9%80%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80%EB%8F%99%EC%A7%80%EA%BB%98%EC%84%9C-%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC-35/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
 
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|align=center|Tangjungang
|align=center|Party Centre/Center of the Party
|The first of Kim Jong-il Il's titles. Has been in use since 1973 after Kim was secretly appointed as his father's successor and until it was officially announced in order to mention Kim Jong-il Il in press without calling him by name.
|<ref name="sahwe"/>
{{cite book|last=전|first=영선|publisher=역락|year=2006|isbn=89-5556-491-0|script-title=ko:다시 고쳐 쓴 북한의 사회와 문화|trans-title=A New View of North Korean Society and Culture}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|웃분
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|align=center|Ch'inaehanŭn chidoja
|align=center|Dear Leader
|This title was the most common title during Kim Il-sung Sung's rule.
|<ref name="sahwe"/>
|-
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|align=center| Widaehan ryŏngdoja
|align=center|Great Leader
|The most common of current Kim Jong-il Il's titles.
|<ref name="sahwe"/>
|-
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|align=center|Hyŏngmyŏngmuryŏgŭi suwi
|align=center|Leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
|rowspan=6|In use since December 21, 1991, when Kim Jong-il Il became Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.
|rowspan=6|<ref name="sahwe"/>
|-
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|align=center|Suryŏng
|align=center|Leader
|Became common after Kim Il-sung Sung's death.
|<ref name="sahwe"/>
|-
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|align=center|widaehan Suryŏng
|align=center|Great Leader
|rowspan=2|When Kim Il-sung Sung was alive, this title was used only to refer to him.
|rowspan=2|<ref name="sahwe"/>
|-
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|align=center|Paekchŏnbaeksŭngŭi kangch'ŏrŭi ryŏngjang
|align=center|Ever-Victorious, Iron-Willed Commander
|rowspan=4|In use since 1997 after the 3-year mourning for Kim Il-sung Sung ended.
|rowspan=4|<ref name="sahwe"/>
|-
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|
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}
|-
| align="center" |주체조선의 영원한 수령
| align="center" |''Chuch'ech'osŏnŭi Yŏngwŏnhan Suryŏng''
| align="center" |[[Eternal leaders of North Korea|Eternal Leader of Juche Korea]]
|Established by a line in the preamble to the [[Constitution of North Korea|Constitution]], as [[Constitutional amendment|amended]] on 30 June 2016.
|
|}
 
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=== Kim Jong-il'sHeld titles ===
* [[Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea]]
* [[General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea]]
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=== Related ===
 
* [[List of Kim Jong-unIl Sung's titles]]
*[[List of Kim Jong Un's titles]]
 
==References==
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[[Category:Kim Jong-il Il]]
[[Category:Lists of titles by person of North Korea|Kim Jong-il]]
[[Category:Propaganda in North Korea]]
[[Category:North Korea-related lists|Titles, Kim Jong-il]]
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