Bai Lü Explained

Office1:Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science
Term Start1:December 2020
Term End1:June 2023
President1:Yang Xuejun
Predecessor1:Fang Xiang
Successor1:Ling Huanxin
Bai Lü
Native Name:白吕
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Ying County, Shanxi, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Shanxi University
PLA National Defence University
Serviceyears:1984–present
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Bái Lǚ

Bai Lü (; born September 1961) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Bai was born in Ying County, Shanxi, in September 1961. After resumption of college entrance examination in 1979, he entered Shanxi University, majoring in philosophy.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1983, and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in February 1984. He served in the and the Beijing Military Region from 1984 to 1993, and the Nanjing Military Region from 1993 to 2005. He was made political commissar of the 1st Division of the 1st Group Army in August 2005. In April 2008, he was assigned as director of Political Department of the 12th Group Army, and was elevated to political commissar in February 2011. He was recalled to the original 1st Group Army as political commissar in January 2013, succeeding . In July 2015, he was given the position of deputy political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region.[1]

He was commissioned as political commissar of the Southern Theater Command Ground Force in February 2016, concurrently serving as deputy political commissar of the Southern Theater Command.[2] He was designated by the Central Military Commission in December 2020 to replace Fang Xiang as political commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2009 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://m.china.caixin.com/m/2015-07-24/100832480.html. zh:郑和白吕履新成都军区. 2015-07-24. caixin.com. 2022-09-12. 2017-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303042849/http://m.china.caixin.com/m/2015-07-24/100832480.html . zh.
  2. News: http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1496041. zh:南部战区陆军司令员刘小午同时担任南部战区副司令员. 2016-07-09. thepaper. 2022-09-12. 2020-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20201104183257/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1496041 . zh.
  3. Web site: zh:军事科学院政委调整 白吕中将履新 . http://china.caixin.com/2021-01-10/101648777.html . caixin.com . 2022-09-12 . 2021-01-10 . 2021-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210112000430/http://china.caixin.com/2021-01-10/101648777.html . zh.
  4. News: http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1508328. zh:陆军举行将官晋衔仪式,8人晋升中将、32人晋升少将. 2016-08-03. thepaper. 2022-09-12. 2016-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804063113/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1508328 . zh.