Ryang Man-gil (; born on April 16, 1941) is a North Korean politician. He served as the Chairman of Pyongyang People's Committee and as a member of the
Supreme People's Assembly
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified ...
.
Biography
Then in February 1990 the politician became the chairman of the State Planning Commission. He was a member of the
Supreme People's Assembly
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified ...
, the North Korean unicameral parliament, in the
10th and
11th convocations (1998 to 2009).
From March 1993 to May 1994, head of the Commission for Economic Management in
North Hwanghae Province
North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is S ...
. He took up a similar position in February 1996 in the capital of North Korea,
Pyongyang
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. In September 1998, he became chairman of the People's Committee of Pyongyang for the first time. He was without interruption until June 2006, then replaced by
Pang Chol-gap (방철갑). Then he became the vice-chairman of the People's Committee in
Mundok County
Mundŏk County is a ''kun'' (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.
Administrative divisions
Mundŏk County is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town), 1 '' rodongjagu'' (workers' districts) and 21 '' ri'' (villages):
Transportation
Mundŏ ...
,
South Pyongan Province
South Pyongan Province (; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is Pyo ...
.
Between July 2010 and 2012, Ryang Man-gil is the chairman of the Pyongyang People's Committee for the second time replacing
Pak Kwan-o
Pak Kwan-o (; born February 1929) is a North Korean politician who served as member of the Supreme People's Assembly for number of convocations as well as Chairman of the Pyongyang People's Committee.
Biography
In August 1970 he was appointed Vi ...
(박관오). He also heads the Korean Lao Friendship Society (in this role he replaced Pak Kwan-o in November 2010). During the 3rd Korean Labor Party Conference on September 28, 2010, he sat for the first time in the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
After the
death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sh ...
of
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader of North Korea from Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung, the de ...
in December 2011, Ryang Man-gil was in 107th place in the
232-person Funeral Committee.
[Tetsuya Hakoda]
''All eyes set on Kim Jong Il's funeral committee list''
The Asahi Shimbun, 27 grudnia 2011, ostęp: 10 października 2012
References
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Workers' Party of Korea politicians
Members of the Supreme People's Assembly
Pyongyang
1941 births
Living people