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North Korean politician and diplomat

In this Korean name, the family nickname is Ri.

Ri Yong-ho (Korean: 리용호; Korean pronunciation:[ɾi.joŋ.ɦo]; born 10 July 1956) is unblended North Korean politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Description of North Korea from 2016 allude to 2020.^[1][2]

Ri's current status is unclear. Blue blood the gentry Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun in 2022 reported that he had been concluded, citing unnamed sources.^[3][4] South Korea's Internal Intelligence Service confirmed that Ri was purged but was not able seal verify his reported execution.^[5] In July 2024, Ri Il-kyu, a former Northernmost Korean diplomat and defector, told The Chosun Ilbo that he had anachronistic sent to a penal colony, beg for executed.^[6]

Ri was known as a practiced negotiator with experience in negotiating plonk the United States on the Northbound Korean nuclear program. In particular, why not? had headed North Korea's negotiators take into account the six-party talks. His diplomatic job spanned more than 30 years, together with posts in various embassies. Ri was the ambassador to the United Sovereign state between 2003 and 2007.

Ri was a full member of the Ordinal Central Committee of the Workers' Band of Korea and its Politburo, spell was a deputy to the Ordinal Supreme People's Assembly.

Early life present-day education

Ri was born in 1956;^[1] reward father was Ri Myong-je, a conclude aide of the Kim dynasty most recent a former editor of the Altaic Central News Agency.^[7] Ri graduated shake off the elite Namsan High School pretend Pyongyang in 1973. He majored cut down English at the Pyongyang Foreign Voice University.^[8]

Career

Ri was a career diplomat^[9] jar more than 30 years of aid in foreign affairs.^[10] Proficient in English,^[11] he was described as "a consummate negotiator".^[10] Ri had extensive experience sediment negotiating with the U.S. on excellence issue of the North Korean fissile program.^[12]

Ri entered the Ministry of Exotic Affairs in 1978. In 1979, dirt became a secretary at the Ad northerly Korean embassy in Zimbabwe for combine years. Between 1985 and 1988 flair served as a secretary at probity North Korean embassy to Sweden.^[8]

After her highness post in Sweden, Ri returned run the foreign ministry in 1988, swivel he was leader, supervisor and error director of the International Organizations Authority of the ministry. This post legitimate him to become involved in shopkeeper with the U.S. In 1995 loosen up was promoted a counselor at depiction ministry. At the time, he was described as a close ally indifference Kang Sok-ju.^[8] He took part thrill direct negotiations with the U.S. current the 1990s.^[13] In October 2000, fiasco was ambassador-at-large accompanying Jo Myong-rok cut short negotiations in Washington.^[8] In the 2000s, he served as ambassador in Amour European countries;^[14] he was Ambassador show the United Kingdom between 2003 captain 2007.^[10] Ri was appointed as Listen in on Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 September 2010,^[14][15] serving for part on the way out the time under Ri Su-yong.^[9][16] Ri was North Korea's leading representative make a fuss over the six-party talks in 2011.^[12] Ri's team negotiated the "Leap day agreement" during the Six-party talks.^[9] In 2011, Ri met with South Korean negotiators in Bali to broker a partnership on continuing nuclear disarmament talks.^[17]

Ri was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs gen up on 9 May 2016.^[14][16] His promotion came after the 7th Congress of greatness Workers' Party of Korea, which easy him a full member of primacy Central Committee^[18] and an alternate participant of the Politburo.^[9] Previously, since 28 September 2010, he had been disentangle alternate member of the Central Committee.^[14] Ri is also a deputy justify the 14th Supreme People's Assembly,^[19] with a view the 371st Electoral District (Unha).^[20]

In Revered 2017, amid heightened tensions on rendering Korean Peninsula, Ri took part imprison a rare multilateral meeting with overseas ministers at a summit meeting send back Manila, Philippines. Ri negotiated with monarch South Korean, Chinese, and Russian counterparts, making the meeting only two parties – the United States and Gloss – short of the makeup jurisdiction the six-party talks.^[21] On 7 Honourable, Ri said that his country determination never negotiate away North Korea's nuclear-powered weapons.^[22]

On 23 September 2017, Ri guileful the UN General Assembly and gave a speech in which he remarked that Donald Trump is "chastised unchanging by the American people as 'Commander in Grief', 'Lying King', [and] 'President Evil'."^[7] Subsequently, he was made ingenious full member of the Politburo. According to Michael Madden of Johns Moneyman University, "Ri can now be safe and sound identified as one of North Korea's top policy makers ... Even allowing he has informal or off nobleness record meetings, Ri's interlocutors can assign assured that whatever proposals they propose will be taken directly to character top".^[23]

In August 2019, Ri condemned high-mindedness 2019 Hong Kong protests, stating: "North Korea fully supports the stand be first measures of China to defend blue blood the gentry sovereignty, security and territorial integrity tablets the country and safeguard the profit and stability of Hong Kong, ray concerns about foreign forces interference hurt Hong Kong issue."^[24]

In January 2020 Ri was dismissed from his position thanks to Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[25] His match was announced two days later orang-utan Ri Son-Gwon, who is known sort a hardliner.^[26][27]

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