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Ri Myeong-su

Ri is director of the administrative department of the National Defense Commission and was reportedly close to Kim Jong Il.

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RI MYEONG-SU (1937- ). A general since October 2000, Ri is director of the administrative department of the National Defense Commission and was reportedly close to Kim Jong Il. First noted as president of the Victorious Revolutionary Museum in 1980, he is said to have been instrumental in arranging Kim Jong Il's emergence as successor to Kim Il Sung in the 1970s. He became a lieutenant general in 1992 and chief of staff of the Third Army Corps the following year. He was promoted to colonel general in 1995. In November 1996, he became vice chief of staff of the Military General Staff and director general of the Bureau for Strategy of the Military General Staff in April 1997. In 1998, he was a delegate to the l0th Supreme People's Assembly. From 2003, he was Kim Jong Il's second most frequent companion after Hyon Cheol-hae. He was listed as 74th on Kim Jong Il's funeral list in December 2011.

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