Kim Jong Il

== Official titles ==
{{Main|List of Kim Jong Il's titles}}Kim received numerous titles during his rule. 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]]|access-date=7 May 2010|archive-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224024810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8279830.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Statue at Mansudae Art Studio.JPG|thumb|Equestrian statues of younger versions of Kim Jong Il (right) and Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang]]
* Party Center of the WPK and Member, Central Committee of the WPK (1970s)<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=978-89-5556-491-4}}</ref>
* Dear Leader (''Chinaehaneun Jidoja'') (late 1970s–1994)<ref name="sahwe"/>
* Member, Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK
* Secretary, [[Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea]] (1974–1997)
* [[Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea|Presidium]] member, WPK Central Committee (1980–2011)
* Supreme Commander, [[Korean People's Army]] (25 December 1991{{spnd}}17 December 2011)<ref name=":0" />
* Marshal of the DPRK (1993–2011)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/18/kim-jong-un-marshal-north-korea|title=North Korea's Kim Jong-un named marshal|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=18 July 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=6 January 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802220906/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/18/kim-jong-un-marshal-north-korea|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Chairman, [[National Defence Commission]] (1993–2011)<ref name="nkle_20th" />
* Great Leader (''Widehan Ryongdoja'') (July 1994{{spnd}}December 2011)<ref name="sahwe"/>
* General Secretary, [[Workers' Party of Korea]] (October 1997{{spnd}}December 2011)<ref name="bbc._Nort" />
* Chairman, [[Central Military Commission (DPRK)]] (October 1997{{spnd}}December 2011)
* Eternal Leader (posthumous) (January 2012{{spnd}}present)<ref name=":1" />
* Generalissimo of the DPRK (posthumous) (January 2012{{spnd}}present)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9083347/Kim-Jong-il-awarded-North-Koreas-highest-honour.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9083347/Kim-Jong-il-awarded-North-Koreas-highest-honour.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Kim Jong-il awarded North Korea's highest honour|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=15 February 2012|access-date=6 January 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Eternal General Secretary, Workers' Party of Korea (posthumous) (11 April 2012{{spnd}}present)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9197729/Kim-Jong-il-made-General-Secretary-for-Eternity-at-North-Korea-ceremony.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9197729/Kim-Jong-il-made-General-Secretary-for-Eternity-at-North-Korea-ceremony.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Kim Jong-il made General Secretary for Eternity at North Korea ceremony|last=Gambino|first=Lauren|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=11 April 2012|access-date=6 January 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission (posthumous) (13 April 2012{{spnd}}present)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15258881|title=North Korea country profile|date=6 May 2016|access-date=6 January 2020|language=en-GB|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518174559/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15258881|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Eternal leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (posthumous) (7 May 2016{{spnd}}present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/content/resources/publications/KJU_Speeches_7th_Congress.pdf|title=Documents from the 7th Workers' Party Congress|website=NCNK|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=11 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211132837/https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/content/resources/publications/KJU_Speeches_7th_Congress.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Eternal leader of Juche Korea (posthumous) (29 June 2016{{spnd}}present)<ref>[[wikisophia:Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2012)|Constitution of North Korea (2012)]] Wikisource</ref>