Wu Shezhou Explained

Office1:Political Commissar of the Western Theater Command
Term Start1:January 2017
Term End1:June 2021
Predecessor1:Zhu Fuxi
Successor1:Li Fengbiao
Wu Shezhou
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Hanchuan, Hubei, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Serviceyears:?−2021
Rank: General

Wu Shezhou (; born 1958) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. He has been Political Commissar of the Western Theater Command since January 2017.

Biography

Wu Shezhou was born in Hanchuan, Hubei Province in 1958, and served in the Guangzhou Military Region for most of his career.[1]

He served as Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Guangzhou MR until late 2012, when we was appointed Political Commissar of the Joint Logistics Department of the Guangzhou MR. In late 2014, he was transferred to the Jinan Military Region to serve as its Director of the Political Department, succeeding Jiang Yong .[1] During Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping's military reform, in early 2016 Wu was appointed Political Commissar of the Ground Force of the newly established Central Theater Command, and concurrently as Deputy Political Commissar of the Central TC. In July he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.[1]

In January 2017 Wu was promoted to Political Commissar of the strategic Western Theater Command, replacing General Zhu Fuxi. It was an unusual move because at the age of 61, Zhu had not reached the retirement age of 65 for an officer of his rank. At the time of his appointment Wu was the youngest of the ten top officers of China's five theater commands.[2]

On August 20, 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee.[3]

In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: http://m.unizw.com/shiju/20171003/40378_2.html . zh:中共十九大前 高级将领密集调整到位 . . 3 October 2017 . zh.
  2. News: Young star tipped to become political commissar for PLA's western command . South China Morning Post . 24 January 2017.
  3. News: Zhong Yuhao (Chinese: 钟煜豪). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_14133184 . zh:布小林、蒋超良赴全国人大工作 . thepaper . 20 August 2021 . 20 August 2021 . zh.
  4. Web site: List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20171025021849/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/24/c_136702936.htm . dead . October 25, 2017 . . 24 October 2017.