Ri Ha-il (1935–2010) was a general and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Born in Ryanggang Province in 1935 during the Japanese colonial period, he graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy and Soviet Military College.

After being re-elected to the Central Military Commission in January 1992, he was promoted to the leader of the People's Army after receiving the Order of Kim Il Sung in 1992.

In October 1995, he was promoted to the ranks of the People's Army, and in September 2010, he lost his seat in the 6th Central Committee of the WPK.

He was member of the funeral committee of Kim Il Sung in July 1994, O Jin-u in February 1995, Pak Song-chol in October 2008, and had been member of the National Defense Commission at the time of his death in November 2010.