Kim Jong Chul

For the South Korean poet, see Kim Jong-chul (poet). For the field hockey player, see Kim Jung-chul. For the North Korean athlete, see Kim Jong-chol (athlete).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Jong Chul
김정철
Born (1981-09-25) 25 September 1981 (age 43)
Pyongyang, North Korea
EducationKim Il Sung University
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Parent(s)Kim Jong Il (father)
Ko Yong Hui (mother)
RelativesKim family
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김정철
Hancha
金正哲
Revised RomanizationGim Jeongcheol
McCune–ReischauerKim Chŏngch'ŏl

Kim Jong Chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol,[1] 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 Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in February 2017.

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.[2]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Choe Sang-hun (28 April 2009). "Kim's Son Joins North Korean Defense Panel". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2009.