Ri Chol-bong (Korean: 리철봉, died December 25, 2009) was a North Korean politician who served in various party and state posts, among them as Minister of Social Security.

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Ri Chol-bong
최부일
Minister of People's Security
In office 1984–1985
Supreme Leader	Kim Il Sung
Kangwon WPK Secretary
In office 2006–2009
Personal details
Died	25 December 2009
Citizenship	North Korean
Nationality	Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Education	Mangyongdae Revolutionary School
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea
Branch/service	Korean People's Army
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	리철봉
Revised Romanization	Rhee Cheolbong
McCune–Reischauer	Rhee Ch'ŏlbong

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He entered the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School after liberation of Korea. In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, he enlisted in the military and remained in the military afterwards, reaching the rank of major general in 1970. In November 1970, he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee at the 5th Party Congress.^[1] Since the 80s, he served as vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, minister of City Administration and director of the Political Bureau of the Ministry of Railways.^[2] In 1984-1985 he served as Minister of Social Security. In the 1998 North Korean parliamentary election, he won a seat in the Supreme People's Assembly serving as a member the presidium of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly.^[3] In October 2006 he was appointed as secretary of the Kangwon Province WPK committee. According to KCNA he died in a car accident.^[4]