Fan Changmi Explained

Office1:Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region
Term Start1:July 2014
Term End1:December 2014
Predecessor1:Miao Hua
Successor1:Kang Chunyuan
Office2:Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region
Term Start2:July 2012
Term End2:July 2014
Predecessor2:Miao Hua
Successor2:Xu Yuanlin
Office3:Political Commissar of the 47th Army
Term Start3:December 2006
Term End3:July 2012
Predecessor3:Chu Yimin
Successor3:Zhang Fuji
Fan Changmi
Native Name:范长秘
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Laoling, Shandong, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (1974–2016; expelled)
Alma Mater:PLA Army Command College
Rank: Lieutenant general
Module:
Child:yes
S:范长秘
T:范長秘
P:Fàn Chángmì

Fan Changmi (; born June 1955) is a former lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army of China.[1] In December 2014, he was under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.[2] He served as Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region, one of the seven military regions in China, but was placed under investigation for corruption in 2014.[3]

Fan was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 11th National People's Congress.[4]

Life and career

Fan was born and raised in Laoling, Shandong. He graduated from PLA Ground Force Command Academy in Nanjing.

He joined the People's Liberation Army in December 1972, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1974. In 1998 he was appointed head of propaganda of the political department of the 47th Group Army, a position he held until 1999, when he was appointed head of Propaganda of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region, later Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army. He attained the rank of major general in July 2004. In November 2005, he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the Xinjiang Military District, he remained in that position until December 2006, when he was transferred to the Nanjing Military Region, and appointed Political Commissar of the 47th Army. Fan served as Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou MR from July 2012 to July 2014, and was appointed Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou MR in July 2014.[5] [6] In December 2014, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 兰州军区政治部主任范长秘晋升为中将军衔 . 2014-01-09 . Ifeng . zh .
  2. News: 16 PLA officers placed under investigation. Chinadaily . 2015-01-16 .
  3. News: PLA officers placed under investigation . Ministry of Defence . 2015-01-16 . 2015-01-18 . 2018-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015406/http://eng.mod.gov.cn/DefenseNews/2015-01/16/content_4565125.htm . dead .
  4. News: 范长秘 . 2014-01-09 . People's Daily . zh . 2018-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015411/http://military.people.com.cn/GB/8221/85297/214177/214815/13987742.html . dead .
  5. News: 解放军上月调整14副大军区级以上将领 两大舰队换帅. 2012-08-02. Ifeng. zh.
  6. News: 兰州军区10名将领晋衔 苗华以政委职务主持仪式. 2014-07-08. People.com. 2018-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015416/http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0708/c1001-25254913.html. dead.
  7. Web site: 中国军方公布16名军级以上领导干部重大贪腐案件 . 2015-01-15. Chinanews . zh.