Ri Jong-san

North Korean politician and military officer

Ri Jong-san
Born	1922 Republic of China
Died	23 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	리종산
Hancha	李鐘山
Revised Romanization	Ri Jongsan
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Chongsan

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

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]

Beginning in 2000, he was 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.