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# Rim Kwang Il 림광일 

Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army

alive 61 years old 

Rim Kwang-il is a North Korean general and politician who served as Chief of the General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim%5FKwang-il)

Born

1965, South Pyongan, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Rim Kwang-il

## Positions

1. 2021–2022 Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97162070)
2. 2021–2022 Chief of the General Staff Department · KPA General Staff Department [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim%5FKwang-il)
3. 2019–2021 Director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau · Reconnaissance General Bureau [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim%5FKwang-il)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/rim-kwang-il](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/rim-kwang-il) · [Wikidata Q97162070](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97162070) · Photo: [KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal](https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/prsn/view.do?menuId=PEOPLE%5F86&prsnMngNo=23769) (Fair use)