Ri Yong-mu
Ri Yong-mu | |
|---|---|
| 리용무 | |
| Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission | |
| In office September 1998 – 29 June 2016 | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong Il |
| Head of the KPA General Political Department | |
| In office August 1973 – October 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Han Ik-su |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1925 |
| Died | 27 January 2022 (aged 97) Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Resting place | Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | North Korea |
| Branch/service | Korean People's Army |
| Rank | Ch'asu (Vice Marshal) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 리용무 |
| Hanja | 李勇武 |
| RR | Ri Yongmu |
| MR | Ri Yongmu |
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Ri Yong-mu (Korean: 리용무; 25 January 1925 – 27 January 2022) was a North Korean senior official who was a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea and vice-marshal of the Korean People's Army. He was the oldest member of the central leadership of North Korea.