Kim Jong-il has three sons, the eldest son Kim Jong-nam was once a general of the Korean People's Army and was trained as a first-class person, and the second son Kim Jong-chol was the first deputy director of the Organization Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, both of whom held high positions. In North Korea's traditional primogeniture system, Kim Jong-nam should be the next leader, and even if he doesn't take over, Kim Jong-chol is the best candidate. However, Kim Jong-il chose the youngest, Kim Jong-un. What exactly was the reason for the defeat of Kim Jong-nam and Kim Jong-chol?
In 2011, after the death of North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il, his youngest son Kim Jong-un became the first person. Kim Jong-un was born to Kim Jong-il and his third wife, under the influence of his father, he has been interested in state affairs since he was a child, has keen insight and political acumen, once studied in Switzerland, is proficient in many Chinese, and his personality is very similar to Kim Jong-il, and has courage. Courageous and a person with strong comprehensive ability, it is understandable that Kim Jong-un has become a first-class person. But in a country like North Korea with a traditional primogeniture system, Kim Jong-un, as the youngest son of Kim Jong-il, has two excellent elder brothers in front of him. In particular, the eldest brother Kim Jong-nam was the ** person hand-picked by Kim Jong-il, and Kim Jong-il spent a lot of effort to train him, but why didn't he become the next leader of North Korea in the end?
Kim Jong-nam is the child of Kim Jong-il and his second wife Chen Huilin, because Chen Huilin was born as a singer and has a complicated background, even if she is in love with Kim Jong-il, she has never been recognized by the Kim family, she has always been nameless and scoreless, and she has been suppressed by the Kim family everywhere, so after Chen Huilin and Kim Jong-il were together, life was not good. The childhood life of their son Kim Jong-nam was also relatively miserable, and it was not until Kim Il-sung died and Kim Jong-il became the supreme leader of North Korea that the life of their mother and son improved. Kim Jong-il owes his son Kim Jong-nam in his heart. He was very concerned about him in all aspects, sent him to study abroad, and personally taught and instructed him on his ability to handle government affairs. Kim Jong-nam is also very competitive as the eldest son, not only proficient in computer technology, but also active in the North Korean political scene when he was only a teenager, and became an instructor of the Propaganda Department of the Labor Committee at the age of 20. In 1995, when he was 24 years old, he was awarded the rank of general of the People's Army by his father, Kim Jong Il. In the years that followed, he served as head of the Ministry of Public Security and chairman of the North Korean Computer Committee. He was in charge of the planning of North Korea's high-tech undertakings and became a good helper to assist his father in governing the country. But soon after, there were many conflicts between the father and son.
Because Kim Jong-nam is relatively advanced in his thinking and advocates innovation and democracy, he once proposed to Kim Jong-il that he should abolish the three successive generations and implement the hereditary system, which made Kim Jong-il very dissatisfied, and he was afraid that Kim Jong-nam would implement the collective leadership system in the future, and then the situation of the Kim family's dominance would be broken, which Kim Jong-il would absolutely not allow. Added later. Kim Jong-nam committed a crime, so Kim Jong-il didn't let him be a ** person. In addition to Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-il has two other sons. At that time, Kim Jong-un was still young, so Kim Jong-il listed his second son Kim Jong-chul as a ** person and focused on training. Kim Jong-chol has a clever mind and good work ability, and has held important positions in many important departments in North Korea. In 2005, when President Hu, the leader of our country, visited North Korea, Kim Jong Chol was arranged by his father to dine with President Hu, which made the outside world think that Kim Jong Chol was the next leader. However, Kim Jong Chol's ambition is not to enter politics, he has not made outstanding achievements during his tenure, and he loves video games, and he also suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, and his health is very bad, so he has not been able to become a ** person.
Kim Jong-il's three sons, the eldest of whom had different philosophies and committed crimes, the second was not here, and his health was poor, so he had no choice but to pin all his expectations on Kim Jong-un.
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