Ri Yu-min

Ri Yu-min (; 1914 – after 1958) was a North Korean politician who was a member of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Biography Born in Boseong County, Zenranan-dō (today's South Jeolla Province), he went into exile in Shanghai, China in 1932 and studied at the German department of Dongje University. He joined the Chinese Communist Party and led the Revolutionary Comrades' Association (October Association), which was formed in Nanjing in August 1935. In July 1942, he was elected as a member of the central executive committee and head of the organization departm-nt of th- North China Korean Independence Alliance, formed at the base of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountains. In 1958, he was dismissed for his involvement in the purge of the Yan'an faction.