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<h2 id="list-of-north-korean-vice-marshals">List of North Korean vice-marshals</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Vice Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea조선민주주의인민공화국 차수</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Vice Marshal</th><th colspan="1">Date of promotion</th><th colspan="1">Notes</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Choe_Yong-gon_(army_commander)/drzqHUU8">Choe Yong-gon</a>최용건1900–1976</td><td>7 February 1953</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4">Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army조선인민군 차수</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Vice Marshal</th><th colspan="1">Date of promotion</th><th colspan="1">Notes</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/O_Jin-u/AaUSsqz2">O Jin-u</a>오진우1917–1995</td><td>14 April 1985</td><td>Promoted to <a href="/facts/Wonsu/gCc3dpD0">Marshal of the Korean People's Army</a> on 20 April 1992.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ju_To-il/8ThnvCtz">Ju To-il</a>주도일1922–1994</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Ul-sol/uc3pv6Kv">Ri Ul-sol</a>리을설1921–2015</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td>Promoted to <a href="/facts/Wonsu/gCc3dpD0">Marshal of the Korean People's Army</a> on 8 October 1995.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Choe_Kwang/pWna3Kht">Choe Kwang</a>최광1918–1997</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td>Promoted to <a href="/facts/Wonsu/gCc3dpD0">Marshal of the Korean People's Army</a> on 8 October 1995.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Choe_In-dok/NNTDVVeF">Choe In-dok</a>최인덕1920–2003</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Paek_Hak-rim/h6mmEjpV">Paek Hak-rim</a>백학림1918–2006</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Tu-ik/Q4GlLKhS">Ri Tu-ik</a>리두익1921–2002</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Pong-ryul/x9EoDyc0">Kim Pong-ryul</a>김봉률1917–1995</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Kwang-jin_(politician)/psgUPNcx">Kim Kwang-jin</a>김광진1927–1997</td><td>20 April 1992</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Ik-hyon/hHagozDU">Kim Ik-hyon</a>김익현1916–2009</td><td>15 April 1994</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jo_Myong-rok/Rmg75mVc">Jo Myong-rok</a>조명록1928–2010</td><td>8 October 1995</td><td>Promoted from Air Force</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Ha-il/jH2zPILm">Ri Ha-il</a>리하일1935–2010</td><td>8 October 1995</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Yong-chun/nL3GEzMQ">Kim Yong-chun</a>김영춘1936–2018</td><td>8 October 1995</td><td>Promoted to <a href="/facts/Wonsu/gCc3dpD0">Marshal of the Korean People's Army</a> on 14 April 2016.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Il-chol/9uVXeWbI">Kim Il-chol</a>김일철1933–2023</td><td>13 April 1997</td><td>Promoted from People's Navy</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jon_Jae-son/rR9IswF8">Jon Jae-son</a>전재선born 1940</td><td>13 April 1997</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Pak_Ki-so/y1fuyNwa">Pak Ki-so</a>박기서1929–2010</td><td>13 April 1997</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Jong-san/HR33nURq">Ri Jong-san</a>리종산1922–2011</td><td>13 April 1997</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Ryong-yon/BFCLevcV">Kim Ryong-yon</a>김룡연1916–2008</td><td>7 September 1998</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Yong-mu/pYClYCaq">Ri Yong-mu</a>리용무1925–2022</td><td>7 September 1998</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jang_Song-u/DaLg3884">Jang Song-u</a>장성우1933–2009</td><td>13 April 2002</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Yong-ho_(general)/TkEj9J6Y">Ri Yong-ho</a>리영호born 1942</td><td>27 September 2010</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Jong-gak/ypVMTxmx">Kim Jong-gak</a>김정각born 1941</td><td>15 February 2012</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Choe_Ryong-hae/MIfTy6Pu">Choe Ryong-hae</a>최룡해born 1950</td><td>7 April 2012</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Hyon_Chol-hae/WtRFVtdU">Hyon Chol-hae</a>현철해1934–2022</td><td>7 April 2012</td><td>Promoted to <a href="/facts/Wonsu/gCc3dpD0">Marshal of the Korean People's Army</a> on 14 April 2016.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Hyon_Yong-chol/1RU5c2EG">Hyon Yong-chol</a>현영철1949–2015</td><td>16 July 2012</td><td>Demoted to <a href="/facts/Daejang/qzETLxvp">Army General</a> in October 2012.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Hwang_Pyong-so/PIWny45D">Hwang Pyong-so</a>황병서born 1949</td><td>26 April 2014</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Myong-su/w5wXK70S">Ri Myong-su</a>리명수born 1934</td><td>14 April 2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Pak_Jong-chon/TDq6skWu">Pak Jong-chon</a>박정천</td><td>23 May 2020</td><td>Promoted to <a href="/facts/Wonsu/gCc3dpD0">Marshal of the Korean People's Army</a> on 5 October 2020. Since demoted back to Chasu and repromoted back to Wonsu.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kim_Jong-gwan/qz1LUVPX">Kim Jong-gwan</a>김정관</td><td>24 February 2021</td><td>Demoted to <a href="/facts/Daejang/qzETLxvp">Army General</a> in June 2021.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kwon_Yong-jin/jYACAWya">Kwon Yong-jin</a>권영진</td><td>24 February 2021</td><td>Demoted to <a href="/facts/Daejang/qzETLxvp">Army General</a> by February 2022.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ri_Yong-gil/kkpWNjoo">Ri Yong-gil</a>리명수born 1955</td><td>14 April 2022</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Korea newsreview - Volume 25 Page 29 1996 "Korean Heritage Chasu, or embroidery, appears to have begun in the prehistoric era when the human race first started to make clothes." <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>