Ri Jong-san

Ri Jong-san (1922 - July 23, 2011) was a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.
Ri Jong-san
Born1922
Republic of China
Died23 July 2011(2011-07-23) (aged 88–89)
Pyongyang, North Korea
Buried
Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery, North Korea
Allegiance North Korea
Service/branch Korean People's Army
Rank Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationRi Jongsan
McCune–ReischauerRi Chongsan

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.[1]

Since 2000, he has been appointed as a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet of North Korea, 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.,[2] 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.[3] He died after a long illness on July 23, 2011.

References
  1. 북한 리종산 차수 사망 확인
  2. 북한군 리종산 차수, 러시아 전승행사 참석
  3. 北 리종산 차수 사망
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