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 Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in February 2017.

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
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
Revised RomanizationGim Jeongcheol
McCune–ReischauerKim Chŏngch'ŏl

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.

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