Demise of the great friend of Bangladesh

by Srabanti Majumder
December 20, 2011

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Bangladeshi President Zillur Rahman rightly said, in his untimely death, we have lost a great friend of our nation. We are greatly shocked at the demise of the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Comrade Kim Jong Il. It is important to mention here that, under the dynamic leadership of Kim Jong Il, existing friendly relations between Dhaka and Pyongyang got further strengthened and it is our sincerest hope that the trend of such cordiality and mutual understanding between the two nations shall continue to flourish under General Kim Jong Un's leadership.

At the death of Kim Jong Il, Bangladeshi President, Prime Minister and prominent leaders have already extended condolence messages.

Comrade Kim Jong Il was the supreme leader of DPR Korea. He was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of DPR Korea, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, the fourth-largest standing army in the world.

Kim Jong-il's official biography states that he was born in a secret military camp on Baekdu Mountain in Japanese Korea on 16 February 1942. Official biographers say that his birth at Baekdu Mountain was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens. For his entire life, Kim Jong Il dedicated for the happiness and prosperity of the people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He has been able to uphold the dignity of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and its people in the entire world.

In his life of a peerless patriot, Kim Jong Il was able to establish excellent relations with large number of countries in the world, where obviously Bangladesh stands amongst the best friends of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, alongside countries like China and Russia. Following the demise of Kim Jong Il, condolence messages were sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission - called Kim a great leader of the DPRK people and a close friend of the Chinese people.

The message said Kim had dedicated the whole of his life and rendered immortal service to the DPRK's socialist revolution and construction.

It noted that the late DPRK leader had carried on and further developed the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK.

China believed that the DPRK will remain united under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea and Kim Jong-un, Kim's son, and continuously advance toward the goal of building a strong and prosperous socialist nation and achieving sustained peace on the Korean Peninsula.

We, the people of Bangladesh, certainly join the friendly people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the mourning the death of Kim Jong Il and sincerely hope, the path of progress and prosperity continued by the great leader shall be pressed forward by General Kim Jong Un. We sincerely believe and hope, under the leadership of General Kim Jong Un, Bangladesh-DPRK relations will get further strengthened and widened.

Short Biography:

Kim Jong Il, the great leader of the Korean people, is General Secretary of the Workers's Party of Korea, chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.

- Born the son of President Kim Il Sung and the anti-Japanese heroine
Kim Jong Suk at the Mt.Paektu secret camp on 16 February 1942.

- Finished general education from September 1950 to August 1960.

- Completed higher education at Kim Il Sung University from September 1960 to March 1964.

- Admitted to the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK) on July 22 1961.

- Appointed an official of the WPK Central Committee in June 1964 and successively held the posts of section chief, deputy department director and department director of the CC until September 1973.

- Elected member of the WPK CC at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Fifth CC in October 1972, and secretary of the CC at the Seventh Plenum of the Fifth CC in September 1973.

- Elected to the Political Committee of the WPK CC and acclaimed heir to President Kim Il Sung at the Eighth Plenum of the Fifth CC in February 1974.

- Elected member of the Presidium of the Political Committee of the WPK CC, secretary of the CC and member of the Party Central Military Commission at the Sixth Party Congress in October 1980.

- Elected to the 7th to 11th Supreme People's Assemblies (SPA) of the DPRK between February 1982 and September 2003.
- Elected first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission at the first session of the Ninth SPA in May 1990.

- Appointed Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army in December 1991.

- Awarded the title of DPRK Marshal in April 1992.

- Elected chairman of the National Defence Commission at the fifth session of the Ninth SPA in April 1993.

- Elected general secretary of the WPK in October 1997.

-Re-elected chairman of the National Defence Commission at the first session of the 10th SPA in September 1998 and at the first session of the 11th SPA in September 2003.

- Published a great number of works, including those compiled in the 14-volume "Kim Jong Il's Selected Works" and the 10-volume "For the Accomplishment of the Revolutionary Cause of Juche", through his energetic and brilliant ideological and theoretical activities.

- Awarded the title of DPRK Hero three times in 1975, 1982 and 1992, the
Kim Il Sung Order three times in 1978, 1982 and 1992, the Kim Il Sung Prize in February 1973, and many other decorations and medals.

- Received a large number of decorations and medals, honourary titles, titles of honourary professor and doctor from many countries.

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