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# Ri Il Hwan 리일환 

Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea

alive 66 years old 

Ri Il-hwan is a North Korean politician and a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He has been the Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the party since 2020\. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%5FIl-hwan)

Born

1960, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Ri Il-hwan

## Positions

1. ?–now Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905288)
2. ?–now member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905288)
3. ?–now member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905288)

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