{"id":"ri-son-gwon","name_en":"Ri Son Gwon","name_ko":"리선권","aliases":["Ri Son-gwon"],"wikidata":"Q55708195","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Son-gwon","image":{"src":"/img/people/ri-son-gwon.jpg","credit":"대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces / Wikimedia Commons","license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ri_Son-gwon.jpg"},"born":{"date":"1960","place":"Pyongyang, North Korea"},"died":null,"status":{"value":"alive","as_of":"2026-09-01","source_url":null},"gender":"male","rank":null,"roles":[{"title":"member of State Affairs Commission","org_id":null,"start":"2020-04-12","end":null,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55708195"},{"title":"Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea","org_id":null,"start":"2020-01-21","end":"2022-06-11","source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55708195"},{"title":"Chairperson of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland","org_id":null,"start":"2016","end":null,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55708195"},{"title":"member of the Supreme People's Assembly","org_id":null,"start":null,"end":null,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55708195"}],"family":[],"health":[],"physical":{"height_cm":null,"weight_kg":null},"sanctions":[],"summary":"Ri Son-gwon is a North Korean politician and diplomat, best known for having served as chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland prior to its dissolution in January 2024. Between January 2020 and June 2022, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.","summary_source":"wikipedia","notable":[],"tags":["diplomat","security","politburo"],"family_resolved":[]}