Jiang Jianzeng Explained

Jiang Jianzeng
Native Name:江建曾
Native Name Lang:zh-cn
Office:Commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force
Term Start:December 2004
Term End:January 2011
Predecessor:Liu Chengjun
Successor:Yi Xiaoguang
Office1:Commander of the Beijing Military Region Air Force
Term Start1:January 2011
Term End1:June 2012
Predecessor1:Jia Yongsheng
Successor1:Ma Zhenjun
Birth Place:Hong'an, Hubei, China
Serviceyears:? – 2012
Rank: Lieutenant General

Jiang Jianzeng (; born January 1949) is a retired lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He served as commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force and the Beijing Military Region Air Force.

Biography

Jiang was born in January 1949 in Hong'an, Hubei Province. He is the son of Major General Jiang Bo (Chinese: 江波), who was deputy political commissar of the Shaanxi Military District.[1]

Jiang served as commander of the PLAAF 14th Fighter Division, and chief of staff of the 8th Corps in December 1993. He attained the rank of major general in July 1995. He was appointed commander of the Dalian Air Base in October 1999, and deputy chief of staff of PLAAF in 2001.[1]

In December 2004, Jiang became commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force and concurrently deputy commander of the Nanjing MR.[1] On 3 June 2006, a PLAAF KJ-200 crashed in Guangde County, Anhui Province, killing 40 people on board. Jiang was among about a dozen military officers who were held responsible and punished in the aftermath of the accident. He was given demerit points which damaged his prospect for promotion, and his career was temporarily frozen.[2] [3] Nevertheless, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in July 2006, before the punishment was announced.[1]

In January 2011, Jiang was appointed commander of the Beijing MR Air Force and deputy commander of the Beijing MR.[1] He retired from active service in July 2012, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 for deputy military region (DMR) commanders. He was replaced by Ma Zhenjun.[4]

Jiang was a member of the 11th National People's Congress.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jiang Jianzeng . . 5 June 2015 . Chinese . 15 September 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042632/http://cped.nccu.edu.tw/node/1141839 . dead .
  2. News: Military officers for crash punished . . 2006-09-07.
  3. News: PLA Air Force Names New Commanders . . 2011-02-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925114837/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20110208000091&cid=1101 . 2015-09-25 .
  4. News: http://paper.wenweipo.com/2012/07/21/PL1207210005.htm . zh:空軍高級將領調整傳遞用人新政 . . 2012-07-21 . Chinese.