A permanent magnet type rotating electrical machine comprising: a stator; and a rotor disposed opposite stator said stator with a gap left therebetween, said stator comprising: a stator core; and stator windings wound over said stator core, said stator core comprising: an annular yoke core (11 a); and a plurality of teeth cores radially projecting from said yoke core, said rotor comprising: a rotor core; and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in said rotor core, wherein a pair of nonmagnetic portions is formed in said rotor core at circumferential opposite ends of said permanent magnet for each magnetic pole, and a pair of magnetic path portions is formed by said pair of nonmagnetic portions in areas of said rotor core which are positioned on one side of said pair of nonmagnetic portions closer to said stator, characterized in that said permanent magnet for one magnet pole embedded in said rotor core is split into three portions, wherein the three portions are arranged such that they are all positioned closer to the stator than if arranged in a straight alignment, the three divided portions being only separated by bridge portions, wherein a pole shoe portion, narrowed compared to a pole shoe portion in said straight alignment, is formed in an area of the rotor core, which is positioned radially outward of each permanent magnet serving as a region constituting a magnetic circuit through which magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnets pass. a stator; and a rotor disposed opposite stator said stator with a gap left therebetween, said stator comprising: a stator core; and stator windings wound over said stator core, a stator core; and stator windings wound over said stator core, said stator core comprising: an annular yoke core (11 a); and a plurality of teeth cores radially projecting from said yoke core, said rotor comprising: a rotor core; and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in said rotor core, an annular yoke core (11 a); and a plurality of teeth cores radially projecting from said yoke core, said rotor comprising: a rotor core; and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in said rotor core, a rotor core; and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in said rotor core, wherein a pair of nonmagnetic portions is formed in said rotor core at circumferential opposite ends of said permanent magnet for each magnetic pole, and a pair of magnetic path portions is formed by said pair of nonmagnetic portions in areas of said rotor core which are positioned on one side of said pair of nonmagnetic portions closer to said stator, characterized in that said permanent magnet for one magnet pole embedded in said rotor core is split into three portions, wherein the three portions are arranged such that they are all positioned closer to the stator than if arranged in a straight alignment, the three divided portions being only separated by bridge portions, wherein a pole shoe portion, narrowed compared to a pole shoe portion in said straight alignment, is formed in an area of the rotor core, which is positioned radially outward of each permanent magnet serving as a region constituting a magnetic circuit through which magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnets pass.