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Ri Yong-ju

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Ri Yong-ju is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Li Yong-ju · RI Yong Ju · Ri Yong-ju · Yong-ju LI · 李用柱 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ri Yong Ju				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Place of birth	Korea under Japanese rule				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Yong-ju				[sources]
Last name	LI				[sources]
Political association	Workers’ Party of Korea				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16161765				[sources]
Position	Admiral of the Korean People’s Army. Former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Former Commander in chief of the Korean People’s Navy · Amiral dans l’armée populaire de Corée. Ancien membre de la Commission militaire centrale du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, organe essentiel pour les questions de défense nationale en RPDC. Ancien commandant en chef de la marine populaire de Corée, qui joue un rôle dans la mise au point de programmes de missiles balistiques et dans le développement des capacités nucléaires des forces navales de la RPDC. · Amiral de l'armée populaire de Corée. · member of the Supreme People's Assembly				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-07	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2016-05-20)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Amiral dans l'armée populaire de Corée. Ancien membre de la Commission militaire centrale du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, organe essentiel pour les questions de défense nationale en RPDC. Ancien commandant en chef de la marine populaire de Corée, qui joue un rôle dans la mise au point de programmes de missiles balistiques et dans le développement des capacités nucléaires des forces navales de la RPDC. À ce titre, responsable, sous forme d'appui ou d'encouragement, des programmes de la RPDC en rapport avec les armes nucléaires, les missiles balistiques ou d'autres armes de destruction massive.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

North Korean general

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
European Union	Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union		2016-05-20	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Supreme People's Assembly	-	-

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,883

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures.

Monaco · Monaco

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,100

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,184

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

French National Asset Freezing System5,925

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,526

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Belgian Financial Sanctions7,469

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,479

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: be-fod-4ad5ab3d016a56c940e40f151d9e6b78bdf5e711 · eu-fsf-eu-4078-19 · fr-ga-2526 · mc-freezes-71c71a9dbf2517061160f64c64b42e00dba243d7 · eu-tb-logical-108649

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