When Kim Jong Il died, the North Korean leadership faced the unexpected: the process of Kim Jong Un being anointed as successor had just began and was far from complete. Pyongyang had to rush to promote the young Kim to all necessary positions. Kim Jong Un had to be appointed supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, the first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the chairman of the Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the first chairman of the National Defense Commission and marshal of the DPRK (a promotion from mere general of the army). Apart