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# Ri Chang Ho 리창호 

Director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau

alive 61 years old 

Ri Chang-ho is a North Korean military officer and politician who serves as the Director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army and as an alternate member of the 9th convocation of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%5FChang-ho)

Born

1965, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Ri Chang-ho, Lieutenant General Ri

## Positions

1. 2022–now Director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau · Reconnaissance General Bureau [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%5FChang-ho)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/ri-chang-ho](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/ri-chang-ho) · [Wikidata Q124039235](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124039235) · Photo: [KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal](https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/prsn/view.do?menuId=PEOPLE%5F86&prsnMngNo=2307) (Fair use)