{"slug": "kim-jong-il", "label": "Kim Jong Il", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10665", "qid": "Q10665", "description": "Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1941, 2021], "span_label": ["1941 CE", "2021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kim-jong-un", "label": "Kim Jong Un", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Kim Jong Il, Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (d. 2011)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#February", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Births › February"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ends, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#October", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – In North Korea, following the death of the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, the official reaction is grief and support for the succession of his son, Kim Jong Un.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#December", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – Kim Jong Un was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and his father, Kim Jong Il, was given the appellation \"Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#April", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is killed after being attacked by two women with VX nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#February", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – Kim Jong Un is elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, inheriting the title from his father Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#January", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › January"}}]}