| Office1: | Chief of Staff of the Jinan Military Region | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | April 1990 | ||||||||||
| Successor1: | Yang Guoping | ||||||||||
| 1Blankname1: | Commander | ||||||||||
| 1Namedata1: | Li Jiulong | ||||||||||
| Ma Weizhi | |||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Ma Dianrong | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1930 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Muling County, Heilongjiang, China | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | People's Liberation Army Military Academy | ||||||||||
| Allegiance: |  China | ||||||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1945–1994 | ||||||||||
| Rank: | Lieutenant general | ||||||||||
| Battles: | Chinese Civil War Korean War | ||||||||||
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Ma Weizhi (; 1930 – 14 April 2024) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region from 1988 to 1990.[1]
Ma was born Ma Dianrong in Muling County (now Muling), Heilongjiang, in 1930.[1]
Ma enlisted in the Northeast People's Autonomous Army (later renamed Northeast People's Liberation Army) in September 1945, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1947.[1] During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the Fourth Field Army and engaged in the Liaoshen campaign and Pingjin campaign.[1] During the Korean War, in 1951, he was commissioned as chief of the Operations Training Department of the People's Volunteer Army.[1] In 1961, he graduated from the People's Liberation Army Military Academy. In December 1982, he became commander of the 19th Army, a position he held until June 1985, while the army was disbanded.[1] [2] When he was commander of the 19th Army, Guo Boxiong was the chief of staff.[2] In June 1985, he was promoted to deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region.[1] He was deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region in February 1988, in addition to serving as chief of staff.[1] He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988.[1] In April 1990, he was appointed vice president of the PLA National Defence University, serving in the post until his retirement in December 1994.[1]
On 14 April 2024, Ma died in Beijing, at the age of 94.[1]