Kim Jong-nam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kim Jong-nam

eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il

Date of Birth: 10-May-1971

Place of Birth: Pyongyang, North Korea

Date of Death: 13-Feb-2017

Profession: politician

Nationality: North Korea

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kim Jong-nam (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???, Korean: [kim.dz??.nam]; 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father.
He was thought to have fallen out of favour after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a false passport, although Kim himself said his loss of favour had been due to advocating reform. Kim was exiled from North Korea c.
2003, becoming an occasional critic of his family's regime.
His younger paternal half-brother, Kim Jong-un, was named heir apparent in September 2010.
Kim died on 13 February 2017 in Malaysia as the result of an apparent assassination, likely conducted by North Korea, with VX nerve agent.