Honorific Prefix: | General |
Park Su-il 박수일 | |
Office3: | Chief of the General Staff |
Term Start3: | 28 December 2022 |
Term End3: | 10 August 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Ri Thae-sop |
Successor3: | Ri Yong-gil |
Nationality: | Korean |
Citizenship: | North Korean |
Branch: | Korean People's Army Ground Force |
Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Park Su-il is a North Korean politician and military officer of the Korean People's Army. He is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and a delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament. He had served as Chief of the General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army from 28 December 2022 to 10 August 2023.
In 2014, he was elected to the 13 convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, representing the 137th electoral district (Phyongchonkang).[1] He was also elected to the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, representing the 183rd electoral district (Roktusan).[2] Following the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, he was elected to the 7th Central Committee of the Party.[3] [4] He served as the commander of a military unit on the border with China. In September 2018 he was appointed to the head of the General Staff Operations Bureau.[5]
Park was appointed Chief of the General Staff on 28 December 2022.[6] On 10 August 2023, Park was "dismissed", and his position was taken over by General Ri Yong-gil.[7] [8]