Ri Pyong-chol

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This article is about a North Korean general. For the South Korean businessman, see Lee Byung-chul.
In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

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Ri Pyong-chol (Korean: Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1., born 1948)[1] is a North Korean military official and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, who serves as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is a relative of Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju. He currently also serves as a director of a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and First Deputy Director of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department (OGD).[3][4] General Ri's military and senior Party experience make him an important advisor to Kim Jong Un, especially during crisis.[4] He is an alternate member of the WPK Political Bureau, and a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly.[5] Ri served in the Korean People's Army Air Force until 2014 at which time he became a senior party official.[6]

In December 2017, the U.S. Treasury department issued sanctions against him, blocking him from "any property or interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction, and prohibits [him] from transactions with American citizens".[7]

In late 2019, Ri became a director of a department of the Central Committee of the party, possibly of the Munitions Industry Department, where he was previously the senior deputy director.[8]

On 23 May 2020, Ri became a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.[9] On 13 August he also became a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. On 5 October, he was promoted to Marshal of the Korean People's Army.[10]

Following an unspecified "serious incident" in June 2021, Ri was stripped of his military title and demoted to a junior position in the party.[11] He was again identified as a Politburo Presidium member and secretary of the Central Committee at the celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the Korean People's Army on 25 April 2022.[12][13]

Awards and honors

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During the 8 February 2023 parade, Ri was seen wearing all decorations awarded to him.[14]

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File:PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR.png File:PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR.png File:PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR.png
File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png
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File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png File:DPRK Order of Labor.png
File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png File:KPA Foundation Commemorative Order.png
File:Commemorative Order of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean People's Army ribbon.gif File:DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 1st Class.png File:Commemorative Order 40th Anniversary of Fatherland Liberation War Victory ribbon.png
File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR.png File:DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 2nd Class.png
File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class.svg File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class.svg File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of Soldier's Honor 2nd Class.svg
File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of Soldier's Honor 2nd Class.svg File:DPRK Military Merit Medal.png File:DPRK Military Merit Medal.png
File:DPRK Military Merit Medal.png File:DPRK Military Merit Medal.png File:Commemorative Medal Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ribbon.gif
File:Commemorative Medal Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ribbon.gif File:DPRK Parade Participant Medal.png File:装饰略章.svg

References

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