Supreme Leader of North Korea June 15, 2011 | Posted by Owner | Filed under North Korea, State Leaders Kim Jong-Il Date of Birth: 16 February 1941 Birth Place: Vyatskoye, Russia Political Party: Worker's Party of North Korea Arrival in Power: 9 April 1993 Religion: NA Profession: Politician Biography Kim John-Il was born in Vyatskoye, Russia, in 1941. He is the current Supreme Leader of Korea. He studied at the Kim Il-sung University and learned English at the University of Malta. He came to power following his father's death in 1994. Due to a lack of reliable sources and mythical propaganda, we don't see the point in making a full biography based on rumours invented mostly by the North Korean Communist Party. Text format Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il