Guan Youfei Explained

Office1:Director of the Central Military Commission's International Military Cooperation Office
Term Start1:15 January 2016
Term End1:2017
Predecessor1:New title
Successor1:Hu Changming
Office2:Director of the Ministry of National Defence Foreign Affairs Office
Term Start2:February 2013
Term End2:January 2016
Predecessor2:Qian Lihua
Successor2:Hu Changping
Guan Youfei
Native Name:关友飞
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:The High School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University
Dalian Naval Academy
Serviceyears:1976-present
Rank: Rear Admiral

Guan Youfei (; born 1957) is a rear admiral (shaojiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has been director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission since January 2016.[1]

Biography

Guan Youfei was born in 1957 in Wuzhou, Guangxi. In 1975 he graduated from The High School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University. He was conscripted into military service in 1976, during the end of the Cultural Revolution. He served in various posts in the navy ship force before studying at Dalian Naval Academy. In 2008, he was appointed deputy director of the Ministry of National Defence Foreign Affairs Office, and five years later promoted to the Director position. Guan Youfei was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in 2009. On January 15, 2016, he became director of the newly established Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission, after China's reform of national defense and the army.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2016-01-15 . zh:关友飞少将出任军委国际军事合作办公室主任 . . zh.
  2. News: 2016-01-16 . zh:国防部外办主任关友飞任军委国际合作办主任 . . zh.