Ri Thae-sop
리태섭
Minister of Social Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 December 2022
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong Un
Preceded by	Park Su-il
Chief of theKPA General Staff
In office June 2022 – 28 December 2022
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong Un
Preceded by	Rim Kwang-il
Succeeded by	Park Su-il
Personal details
Citizenship	North Korean
Nationality	Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea
Branch/service	Korean People's Army
Rank	General

Ri Thae-sop (Korean:리태섭) is aNorth Korean politician and general. He served asMinister of Social Security and from June 2022 to December asChief of the General Staff. He is also a member of thePolitburo of theCentral Committee of theWorkers’ Party of Korea. He served as Commander of the5th Corps and Commander of the7th Corps.

Ri's birthplace and date of birth are unknown. In April 2004, he was promoted to Major General of the Korean People's Army, and in September 2010, he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the3rd party conference.Following the death ofKim Jong Il on December 17, 2011, was included as a member of the funeral commission. He was re-elected as a representative to the13th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly held on March 9, 2014, and was appointed as the commander of the7th Corps as a Lieutenant General of the Korean People's Army, although the date of his appointment is unknown. He was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in May 2016.^[2]

He was re-elected as a deputy in the14th election of the Supreme People's Assembly held in March 2019 and was present at themilitary parade commemorating the 75thanniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea held on October 10, 2020, marching with the5th Corps column as a general.He was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea held from January 5, 2021, and at the 4th plenary meeting of the 8th Party Central Committee held from December 27 of the same year, he was appointedMinister of Social Security and was elected as a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee.^[3][4]On June 11, 2022, at the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea he was promoted to Chief of theGeneral Staff of the People's Army, replacingRim Kwang-il.^[5] He was replaced in that position on December 28, 2022, byPark Su-il.^[6]

• Members of the Supreme People's Assembly
• Workers' Party of Korea politicians
• Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
• North Korean generals
• Living people

• CS1 uses Korean-language script (ko)
• CS1 Korean-language sources (ko)
• Use mdy dates from November 2022
• Articles containing Korean-language text
• Use of the text parameter in Infobox Korean name
• Year of birth missing (living people)
• Place of birth missing (living people)