Answer:
Kim Jong-il was appointed to the party's Politburo (and its Presidium), Secretariat, and the Central Military Commission at the 6th Congress in October 1980, which formalized his role as successor apparent. In 1948, Kim came to rule the North later the end of the Japanese rule in 1945 split the region. He started the Korean War in 1950 in a failed effort to reunify the Korean Peninsula.
Step-by-step explanation:
He led North Korea's military at the beginning of 1990 and had 14 years before he became North Korea's ruler.
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