Ma Yiming (lieutenant general) explained

Office1:Assistant to the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army
Term Start1:December 2014
Term End1:December 2015
Predecessor1:Gao Jin
Successor1:Position revoked
Office2:Chief of Staff of the Jinan Military Region
Term Start2:December 2012
Term End2:December 2014
Predecessor2:Zhao Zongqi
Office3:Commander of the 26th Group Army
Term Start3:January 2008
Term End3:December 2012
Ma Yiming
Native Name:马宜明
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Deng County, Henan, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Allegiance: China
Serviceyears:?–2020
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Mǎ Yímíng

Ma Yiming (; born August 1957) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

Biography

Ma was born in Deng County (now Dengzhou), Henan, in August 1957. He was assigned to the 26th Group Army (now 80th Group Army) in 2004. He moved up the ranks to become chief of staff in March 2004 and commander in February 2008. In December 2012, he was made chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region, but having held the position for only two years, then he was promoted to become assistant to the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. In January 2016, he was commissioned as assistant chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission,[1] and one year later rose to become deputy chief of staff,[2] serving in the post until his retirement in December 2020.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2005 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2014.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: zh:原总参谋长助理马宜明中将改任中央军委联合参谋部参谋长助理. http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1472566. 2016-05-23. thepaper. 2017-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012008/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1472566. zh.
  2. Web site: zh:马宜明出任中央军委联合参谋部副参谋长. http://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20170117-714652. 2017-01-17. zaobao.com.sg. 2022-09-23. 2019-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217055318/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20170117-714652. zh.