Ri Pyong-chol

Ri Pyong-chol (born 1948) is a North Korean former general and close advisor of Kim Jong-un. He is also a relative of Kim's wife, Ri Sol-ju. He currently serves as senior deputy department director of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and member of the National Defense Commission (NDC).

He is an alternate member of the WPK Political Bureau, and a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly. Ri served in the Korean People's Army Air Force until 2014 at which time he became a senior party official. He also served as an advisor to Kim Jong-il as early as 2008.

In December 2017, the U.S. Treasury department issued sanctions against him, blocking him from "any property or interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction, and prohibits [him] from transactions with American citizens"