Ri Ha-il (1935 - ) was a general and politician of the

Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

. He was

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of the

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Biography

Born in

Ryanggang Province Ryanggang Province (Ryanggangdo; ko, 량강도, ''Ryanggang-do'', ) is a province in North Korea. The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, North Hamgyong on the east, South Hamgyong on the south, and Chagang on the west. Rya ...

in 1935 during the Japanese colonial period, he graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy and Soviet Military College. Since then, he served as the Director of the Operations Department of the

Ministry of People's Armed Forces The Ministry of Defence (, formerly 인민무력성/人民武力省 or Ministry of the People's Armed Forces) is the government agency tasked with general administrative and logistical coordination of the Korean People's Army (KPA). Prior to 1992, ...

, and was appointed Commander of the 525th Unit of the People's Army of Korea in 1975. In 1977, he passed the commander of the 534th Training Center and became the 8th General Commander of the People's Army in 1979. In March 1982, he served as the military commander of the Party and a member of the

6th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea The 6th Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), officially the Central Military Commission of the 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in the ...

, and was elected to the

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in May 1990. After being re-elected to the Central Military Commission in January 1992, he was promoted to the leader of the People's Army after receiving the

Order of Kim Il-sung The Order of Kim Il-sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong-il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il-sung, was instituted in ...

in 1992. In October 1995, he was promoted to the ranks of the People's Army, and in September 2010, he lost his seat in the 6th Central Committee of the WPK. “통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보”. 통일부 북한자료센터. 2012년 1월 2일에 확인함.
/ref> In February 1982, he was elected as the 7th delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly, and served as the 8th (1986), 9th (1990) and 10th (1998) delegates. In April 1982 and April 1992, Kim Il Sung received a medal, and in February 2012, Kim Jong Il received a medal. He was member of the funeral committee of Kim Il-sung in July 1994,

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in February 1995,

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in October 2008, and had been member of the National Defense Commission at the time of his death in November 2010.

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