Ri Yong-ho

Ri Yong- ho ( born October 5, 1942 at the County T'ongch'ŏn -gun, sub-province Kōgendō, Chosen Province, at that time the Japanese Empire, present-day North Korea) was from 2009 to 2012 the Chief of Staff of the North Korean army.

Life

Ri Yong -ho joined the Korean People's Army in 1959 and joined the Kim Il -sung Military University from. He then entered but not until 2002 in appearance, when he was appointed general. His next mention in the North Korean news agency KCNA is then found again until the appointment of the chairman of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army in 2009. Prior to this he is said to have commanded the defense forces Pyongyang.

He was also in 2010 at the III. Party conference of the WPK 's deputy Kim Jong-il in the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea ( WPK ) appointed. He was next to Kim Jong-un, the successor to Kim Jong -il, one of two deputies in this organ. Shortly before the party conference, he was also appointed Deputy Marshal of the Korean People's Army. Furthermore, he was appointed President of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK.

During the party conference and a military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the Workers' Party Ri was seen repeatedly at the Kim Jong- us page.

In July 2012, Ri was dismissed, according to the North Korean state media for health reasons his offices.

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