Xu Deqing Explained

Office1:Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command
Term Start1:January 2022
1Blankname1:Commander
1Namedata1:Wu Yanan
Huang Ming
Predecessor1:Zhu Shengling
Xu Deqing
Native Name:徐德清
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Chongqing County, Sichuan, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Serviceyears:?–present
Rank: General

Xu Deqing (; born July 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling in January 2022. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

Xu was born in Chongqing County (now Chongzhou), Sichuan, in July 1963. In April 2013, he became deputy political commissar of the 13th Group Army, and was promoted to become political commissar of the 47th Group Army in August 2015. He was political commissar of the 71st Group Army in March 2017, and held that office until April 2018, when he was elevated to political commissar of the Western Theater Command Ground Force. In January 2022, he rose to become political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 and general (shangjiang) in January 2022.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Yi Yi (Chinese: 伊一). http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201709/06/t20170906_25789971.shtml . zh:解放军和武警部队选举产生303名出席党的十九大代表(名单) . ce.cn . 6 September 2017 . 23 January 2022 . zh.
  2. News: Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers to rank of general . 23 January 2022 . xinhuanet.com . 21 January 2022.
  3. News: Mei Changwei (Chinese: 梅常伟) . http://www.news.cn/politics/leaders/2022-01/21/c_1128288122.htm . zh:中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式 习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺 . news.cn . 21 January 2022 . 23 January 2022 . zh . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122233958/http://www.news.cn/politics/leaders/2022-01/21/c_1128288122.htm . 22 January 2022 . bot: unknown .