Kim Jong Un Father

Kim jong ill then continued the dynasty laid down by his father as the secretive nation s second dictator but ruled for a much shorter time before he died from a suspected heart attack and was succeeded by his son kim jong un in 2011.

Kim jong un father. Portraits of kim jong un s grandfather kim il sung north korea s founder and the despot s father kim jong il have been removed from the main square of pyongyang apparently as part of. He took over control of the country on the death of his own father kim il sung who founded. In a speech made prior to the conference kim jong un declared that imbuing the whole society with kimilsungism kimjongilism is the highest programme of our party. Kim jong un is the third in his family to rule north korea with an iron fist following in his grandfather kim il sung and father kim jong il.

This was unsurprising in the kim family which has a history of heart disease. Kim jong un came to power with the death of his father kim jong il who died from a heart attack in december 2011. Kim jong un s mother was opera singer ko young hee who had two other children and is thought to have campaigned for kim jong un to be his father s successor before her death in 2004. It has been claimed kim jong un who became supreme leader in 2011 following the death of his father kim jong il has been relying on implicitly mandatory donations from residents to cover.