DIPLOMAT

Ri Yong-ho

1956 - 2022

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Ri Yong-ho (Korean: 리용호; Korean pronunciation: [ɾi.joŋ.ɦo]; born 10 July 1956) is a North Korean politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea from 2016 to 2020. Ri's current status is unclear. The Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun in 2022 reported that he had been executed, citing unnamed sources. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ri Yong-ho has received more than 122,380 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ri Yong-ho is the 74th most popular diplomat (down from 69th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 100th in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Ri Yong-ho ranks 74 out of 90. Before him are Roberto Azevêdo, Bajrakitiyabha, Seán Lester, Richard Armitage, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Jacques Diouf. After him are Vasily Nebenzya, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, Wendy Sherman, Adolph Dubs, Peter Maurer, and Sumner Welles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ri Yong-ho ranks 371. Before him are Tony Gilroy, Sharon Mitchell, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Jean-Paul Agon, Carlos Roberto Gallo, and Peter Buck. After him are Rashid Nurgaliyev, Mirko Šarović, Rex Linn, Miguel Ángel Russo, Giampaolo Mazza, and Peter Hook. Among people deceased in 2022, Ri Yong-ho ranks 441. Before him are Tsuneko Sasamoto, Nils Arne Eggen, Larry Storch, Antonio Martino, Raymond Briggs, and Yvan Colonna. After him are Eeles Landström, Maxi Jazz, Carmen Herrera, Harm Ottenbros, Vladimir Makei, and Txetxu Rojo.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Ri Yong-ho ranks 109 out of 162. Before him are Kim Yong-chol (1946), Choe Son-hui (1964), Kwon Ki-ok (1901), Kim Myeong-sun (1896), Pak Ui-chun (1932), and Thae Yong-ho (1962). After him are Kim Jong-hun (1956), Han Pil-hwa (1942), Chang Sang (1939), Kim Iryeop (1896), Li Dong-woon (1945), and Kim Sol-song (1974).

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Among DIPLOMATS In North Korea

Among diplomats born in North Korea, Ri Yong-ho ranks 1. 

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