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Ri Jong-ok

1916 - 1999

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Ri Jong-ok (10 January 1916 – 23 September 1999) was a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from 1977 to 1984. He was elected to the Presidium at the 6th WPK Congress in 1980. He was appointed as Vice President of North Korea by the Supreme People's Assembly in January 1984 and he left the office in October 1997. Ri died on 23 September 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ri Jong-ok has received more than 75,504 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ri Jong-ok is the 7,610th most popular politician (up from 10,358th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from North Korea (up from 81st in 2019) and the 47th most popular North Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ri Jong-ok ranks 7,610 out of 19,576. Before him are Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Wai Ren, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ngawang Namgyal, Prusias II of Bithynia, and Arvid Lindman. After him are Ptolemy Apion, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Themistoclea, Emperor Jianwen of Jin, Neferkare Pepiseneb, and David III of Tao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ri Jong-ok ranks 90. Before him are Shirley Jackson, Pierre Messmer, Jane Jacobs, Luigi Comencini, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, and Lilian, Princess of Réthy. After him are Maria Altmann, Hubert Maga, Manea Mănescu, Stjepan Filipović, Archie Moore, and Mercedes McCambridge. Among people deceased in 1999, Ri Jong-ok ranks 73. Before him are Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Betty Robinson, Pierre Clémenti, DeForest Kelley, Maurice Couve de Murville, and Paul Bowles. After him are Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, András Hegedüs, Viacheslav Chornovil, Phaedon Gizikis, Giant Baba, and Michel Petrucciani.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Ri Jong-ok ranks 61 out of 162. Before him are Sunjong of Goryeo (1047), Kim Yong-il (1944), Hyon Yong-chol (1949), Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo (1018), Kim Sung-gan (1912), and Kang Song-san (1931). After him are Seonjong of Goryeo (1049), Heonjong of Goryeo (1084), Choe Thae-bok (1930), Eulji Mundeok (550), Uijong of Goryeo (1127), and Myeongjong of Goryeo (1131).

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Among POLITICIANS In North Korea

Among politicians born in North Korea, Ri Jong-ok ranks 47. Before him are Kim Jae-ryong (1939), Sunjong of Goryeo (1047), Kim Yong-il (1944), Hyon Yong-chol (1949), Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo (1018), and Kang Song-san (1931). After him are Seonjong of Goryeo (1049), Heonjong of Goryeo (1084), Choe Thae-bok (1930), Eulji Mundeok (550), Uijong of Goryeo (1127), and Myeongjong of Goryeo (1131).

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