Ri Mu-yong ( ko, 리무영) is a North Korean politician and administrator. He served as Vice Premier and Minister of Chemical Industry in the

Cabinet of North Korea The Cabinet of North Korea (''Naegak'') is, according to the Constitution of North Korea, the administrative and executive body and a general state-management organ in the Government of North Korea. The Cabinet's principal newspaper is ''Minju C ...

Biography

He was born on April 8, 1948. During the 1990s to 2003 he served as director of the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex in Anju,

South Pyongan Province South Pyongan Province (Phyŏngannamdo; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its ca ...

. In 1998 he was elected to the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), representing the 119th electoral district. In 2003 he was elected to the 11th convocation of the SPA, and appointed to Minister of Chemical Industry, replacing

Pak Pong-ju Pak Pong-ju (; born 10 April 1939) is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2013 to 2019. He was elected a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 2016. Earl ...

who became

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. He served in that position until April 2017, when he was replaced by

Jang Kil-ryong Jang Kil-ryong ( ko, 장길룡) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was Minister of Chemical Industry in the Cabinet of North Korea and candidate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers ...

. During the 3rd Party Conference he was elected a full member of the

Central Committee of the WPK The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ( ko, 조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the ...

. He was again elected also a full member of the 7th Central Committee following the 7th WPK Congress held in 2016. He was member of the funeral committee of Jo Myong-rok in 2010, Ri Ul-sol in 2015 and of

Kim Yang-gon Kim Yang-gon (, 24 April 1942 – 29 December 2015) was a North Korean politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Early career Kim Yang-gon started his political career as a vice-director of the party's Internation ...

in 2015.

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Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Workers' Party of Korea politicians Government ministers of North Korea 1948 births Living people People from South Pyongan People from Nampo {{NorthKorea-politician-stub