Kim Jong Il Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Re-election as leader === On 9 April 2009, Kim was re-elected as chairman of the National Defence Commission<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012061010/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200904/news09/20090409-04ee.html |archive-date=12 October 2014 |url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200904/news09/20090409-04ee.html|title=Kim Jong Il Elected Chairman of NDC of DPRK|publisher=[[Korean Central News Agency]]|date=9 April 2009|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> and made an appearance at the Supreme People's Assembly. This was the first time Kim was seen in public since August 2008. He was unanimously re-elected and given a standing ovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7991151.stm|title=N. Korea leader appears in public|work=[[BBC News]]|date=9 April 2009|access-date=28 December 2011|archive-date=21 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421013146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7991151.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 September 2010, Kim was re-elected as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.<ref name="bbc._Nort">{{cite news | title = North Korea's Kim paves way for family succession | work=[[BBC News]] | date = 28 September 2010 | access-date = 12 April 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11426284 | archive-date = 12 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170412224738/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11426284 | url-status = live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page