Ri Jong-san (1922 - July 23, 2011) was a military officer and politician of the

Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

Biography

He was born in China in 1922, He worked with Kim Il-sung as the first generation of anti-Japanese mountain guerrilla. Under Kim Il-Sung, he served as Lieutenant General, Gunsu-Dong-Won, etc., and was promoted to Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army in 1997. Beginning in 2000, he was a minister without portfolio 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 ...

, but has been unable to participate due to illness. In 2005, he participated in the 60th anniversary of Russia's World War II victory as a chairman of the Veterans' Committee., and was reelected to the 12th Delegation of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in April 2009. Li Jong-san was ranked 49th in the protocol at the time of the formation of the 1st Vice-Chairman's Presidency Committee in 2010.北 리종산 차수 사망
/ref> He died after a long illness on July 23, 2011.

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