Fan Changlong

General Fan Changlong (2015)

Fan Changlong ( Chinese  范长龙 ; * May 1947 in Donggang , Liaoning ) is a Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army and a politician of the Communist Party of China (CCP), who between 2012 and 2017 was a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and who was also vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China .

Life

Fan Changlong, who belongs to the Han ethnic group , was sent to the Gushan People's Commune as a member of the "Knowledge Youth" as part of the so-called "Up in the Mountains and Down in the Countryside" movement during the Cultural Revolution between 1968 and 1969 . In 1969 he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and also joined the People's Liberation Army . After training in the army from 1969 to 1971, he was a platoon leader between 1971 and 1972 and then from 1973 to 1976 a political officer of a company . He was then from 1976 to 1982 chief of staff of a regiment and from 1982 to 1985 a graduate of the Beijing Military Academy . He then acted as chief of the staff of a division between 1985 and 1990 and as commander of a division from 1990 to 1993, before becoming chief of staff of the 16th Army Group between 1993 and 1995.

After his promotion to major general in 1995, Fan became the commander of the 16th Army Group and remained in that position until 2000. From 2000 to 2003, he was Chief of Staff of the Shenyang Military District and also a member of the Standing Committee of the Shenyang Military District Party Committee. In 2002 he was promoted to lieutenant general in this role . On the XVI. At the Congress (November 8-14, 2002), he became a candidate for the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC Central Committee ). Between 2003 and 2004 he was Assistant Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army and at the same time a member of the party committee at the headquarters of the General Staff. He succeeded Lieutenant General Chen Bingde as the commander of the Jinan Military District in 2004 and remained in that post until 2012, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Zhao Zongqi . Between 2004 and 2012, he was also deputy secretary of the party leadership group in the Jinan military region.

On the XVII. Congress (October 15-21, 2007), Fan Changlong was elected a member of the CCP Central Committee for the first time and was part of this leadership body after his re-election at the XVIII. Party Congress (November 8th to 14th, 2012) to the XIX. Party congress (October 18-25, 2017). He was promoted to general in 2008 and served as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CCP Central Committee between November 4, 2012 and 2017. On the XVIII. At the 7th party congress (November 8-14, 2012), he was also elected a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and belonged to this top management body until the XIXth century. Party congress (October 18-25, 2017). On March 16, 2013, he became Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China and has been Deputy Director of the Leadership Group for Deepening National Defense Reform since 2014 . In addition, he has been a member of the Central Steering and Steering Group of the Central Committee for Internet and Information Security and the Central Steering and Steering Group of the Central Committee for Taiwan Affairs since 2017 .

Web links

• Entry (chinavitae.com)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Party Congresses of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the ruling party of People's Republic of China

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Fan is the family name here, Changlong is the first name.