 Ri akashanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri weDhipatimendi reSangano uye Rokutungamira kubva muna 2007 kusvika 2010, paakagadzwa kuve munyori mukuru weNorth Pyongan Provincial Committee yeVashandi veKorea Party uye akawana chigaro muCentral Committee yebato. Akaendeswa kuPyongyang muna 2015 uye akasimudzirwa kuva mutevedzeri wasachigaro webato, nhengo yePolitburo uye director weDhipatimendi reMunitions ku7th Congressmuna May 2016. Izvi zvakabatana nekusimudzirwa kwake kuState Affairs Commission ichangobva kugadzirwa, uye akaverengerwawo muCentral Military Commission. Akadzokera kuOGD muna Gumiguru 2017 semutevedzeri wekutanga wemutungamiriri, asati akwidziridzwa semutungamiriri wedhipatimendi musi wa9 Kubvumbi 2019. 