Kim Jong-nam
Politician
1971 –
Who is Kim Jong-nam?
Kim Jong-nam, is the eldest son of the late Kim Jong-il, former Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. From roughly 1998 to 2001, he was widely considered to be the heir apparent to his father and the next leader of North Korea. Following a much-publicized botched attempt to secretly enter Japan using a fake passport and visit Disneyland in May 2001, he was thought to have fallen out of favor with his father. Kim Jong-nam's younger paternal half-brother Kim Jong-un was named heir apparent in September 2010. In exile, Jong-nam has become known as a sometime critic of his family's regime and an advocate for reform.
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- Born
- May 10, 1971
Pyongyang - Also known as
- Gim Jeong-nam
- Kim Chŏng-nam
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- North Korea
- Profession
- Lived in
- Pyongyang
- Macau
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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