{"id":"ri-pyong-chol","name_en":"Ri Pyong Chol","name_ko":"리병철","aliases":["Ri Pyong-chol","Marshal Ri"],"wikidata":"Q5367054","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Pyong-chol","image":{"src":"/img/people/ri-pyong-chol.jpg","credit":"KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal","license":"Fair use","sourceUrl":"https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/prsn/view.do?menuId=PEOPLE_86&prsnMngNo=23305"},"born":{"date":"1948","place":"North Korea"},"died":null,"status":{"value":"alive","as_of":"2026-09-01","source_url":null},"gender":"male","rank":"General","roles":[{"title":"Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea","org_id":null,"start":null,"end":null,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367054"},{"title":"member of State Affairs Commission","org_id":null,"start":null,"end":null,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367054"},{"title":"member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea","org_id":null,"start":null,"end":null,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367054"}],"family":[],"health":[],"physical":{"height_cm":null,"weight_kg":null},"sanctions":[{"list":"OFAC","id":"23215","date":null,"source_url":"https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=23215"},{"list":"UN","id":"KPi.076","date":"2017-12-22","source_url":"https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1718/materials"}],"summary":"Ri Pyong-chol is a North Korean military official and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, who serves as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is a relative of Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju.","summary_source":"wikipedia","notable":[],"tags":["politburo","military","missile"],"family_resolved":[]}