Ri Mu-yong (Korean: 리무영) is a North Korean politician and administrator. He served as Vice Premier and Minister of Chemical Industry in the Cabinet of North Korea.
Ri Mu-yong | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Chemical Industry | |
| 13th term | |
| In office 9 April 2014 – 11 April 2017 | |
| Chairman | Kim Jong Un |
| Premier | Pak Pong-ju |
| Succeeded by | Jang Kil-ryong |
| 12th term | |
| In office 9 April 2014 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Chairman | Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Il |
| Premier | Pak Pong-ju Choe Yong-rim Kim Yong-il |
| 11th term | |
| In office 3 September 2003 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Chairman | Kim Jong Il |
| Premier | Kim Yong-il Pak Pong-ju |
| Preceded by | Pak Pong-ju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 April 1948 Nampo, South Pyongan Province, northern Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Alma mater | Kim Chaek University of Technology |
Biography
editHe was born on April 8, 1948. During the 1990s to 2003 he served as director of the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex in Anju, South Pyongan Province. In 1998 he was elected to the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), representing the 119th electoral district.[1] In 2003 he was elected to the 11th convocation of the SPA, and appointed to Minister of Chemical Industry, replacing Pak Pong-ju who became Premier of North Korea. He served in that position until April 2017, when he was replaced by Jang Kil-ryong. During the 3rd Party Conference he was elected a full member of the Central Committee of the WPK. He was again elected also a full member of the 7th Central Committee following the 7th WPK Congress held in 2016.[2][3] He was member of the funeral committee of Jo Myong-rok in 2010,[4] Ri Ul-sol in 2015[5] and of Kim Yang-gon in 2015.[6]
References
edit- ^ 전현준 (March 2009). 통일정세분석 2009-04 북한의 제12기 최고인민회의 대의원 선거 결과 분석 (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Institute for National Unification. 부록: 제10기, 11기, 12기 대의원 명단. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK". Naenara. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Party leadership members elected
- ^ 고 조명록의 국가장의위원회 구성 (in Korean). KCNA. 6 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Ri Ul Sol Funeral Committee: Who's On, Who's Not". North Korea Leadership Watch. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Kim Yang Gon Funeral Committee". North Korea Leadership Watch. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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