Kim Jong-il . Kim Jong-il was the General Secretary of the Workers ' Party of Korea ( WPK ) , Politburo Standing Committee member of WPK , Chairman of the National Defence Commission ( NDC ) of North Korea , and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People 's Army ( KPA ) , the fourth-largest standing army in the world . After his death , he was designated as the `` Eternal General Secretary '' of the WPK and the `` Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission '' , in keeping with the tradition of establishing eternal posts for the dead members of the Kim dynasty .
Kim Jong-il was designated Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission after his death.