Kim Jong Chul
Kim Jong Chul
Kim Jong Chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, 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 is Kim Jong-nam, who was assassinated in February 2017.
Kim Jong Chul
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.
Early life
Kim Jong Chul was born in 1981. He is the son of Kim Jong Il and companion Ko Yong Hui, who died in 2004. He was educated at the International School of Berne with younger brother Kim Jong Un.
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