To the Victor Go the Spoils: As Kim Jong Il solidified power as his father’s heir apparent, he gained hold of one of the most important posts in the country: general secretary of the ruling worker’s party. It would give him near complete autonomy to run the country as he saw fit. Here, in 1992, both Kims inspect a soccer field in Pyongyang. Less than two years later, his father would be dead of a heart attack, leaving the younger Kim in full command.