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# Ri Yong Ho 리용호 

member of the Supreme People's Assembly

purged 70 years old 

Ri Yong-ho is a North Korean politician and diplomat who served as the minister of foreign affairs of North Korea from 2016 to 2020\. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%5FYong-ho%5F%28diplomat%29)

Born

1956-07-10, Pyongyang

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2023-01-05

Also known as

Ri Yong-ho, Foreign Minister Ri

## Positions

1. 2016–2020 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12594422)
2. ?–now member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12594422)

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