Guo Boxiong
Guo Boxiong ( Chinese 郭伯雄 , Pinyin Guō Bóxióng ; * July 1942 in Liquan , Shaanxi Province ) (also called the "Wolf of the Northwest") is a Chinese politician, lieutenant general, deputy chairman of the Central Military Commission and member of the Politburo (2002–2012) . In 2015, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for taking bribes. On July 25, 2016, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military tribunal.
Promotion to general of the People's Liberation Army
After three years as a factory worker in Xingping, Shaanxi Province , he joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) as a soldier in August 1961 . In the following four years he rose from deputy group leader and group leader to platoon leader of a company of the 164th regiment of the 55th division. He was then a year member of the staff of the propaganda group of the Political Department and then four years of the staff of the combat training group of this regiment. From 1970 to 1971 he was chief of the combat training group of the 164th regiment.
From 1971 to 1981 he rose from staff officer and deputy head to head of the combat training department at the headquarters of the 19th Army, which also included the 164th regiment. In 1981 he was first Chief of Staff of the 55th Division before he became Deputy Director of the Combat Division of the Lanzhou Military Region in 1982 . Between September 1981 and July 1983 he also studied at the VBA's military academy .
He then became Chief of Staff in the 19th Army in 1983. From 1985 to 1990, Guo was Deputy Chief of Staff in the Lanzhou Military Region. He was then appointed commander of the 47th Army Group. In 1993 he became deputy commander of the Beijing military region and then in 1997 commander of the Lanzhou military region.
Promotion to a member of the Politburo and Deputy Chairman of the ZMK
Guo was elected a member of the Communist Party's Central Committee (Central Committee) at the 15th Congress of the CCP in 1997 . Since 1999 he has been a member of the Central Military Commission (ZMK) . At the same time, he was Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Staff of the VBA from 1999 to 2002.
From 2002, Guo was Deputy Chief of the VBA Headquarters and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the VBA Headquarters.
At the 16th CCP Congress in 2002, he was elected a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee and, along with Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, was part of the extended leadership of the party. In March 2003 he rose to one of the deputy chairmen of the ZMK, making him the second highest military leader after Hu Jintao . In this role he was hired in June 2006 to investigate a plane crash in which several researchers and army soldiers were killed. He retired in November 2012 at the age of 70.
Exclusion from the CCP and Law Enforcement
On April 9, 2015, the CCP Central Committee decided to launch an internal party investigation into Guo on suspicion of passive bribery . An investigation report by the disciplinary inspection of the ZKM is said to have shown that he accepted financial advantages for himself or for his relatives and, in exchange, abused his high office to influence military promotions. The 25-member CCP Political Bureau expelled him from the Communist Party on July 30, 2015 because of these events. In addition, his case was handed over to the military investigative authorities for judicial review.
Guo is the senior ex-military commander who was expelled from the CCP as part of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign . He reported to General Xu Caihou , who was also vice chairman of the ZKM between 2004 and 2012 and was expelled from the CCP in 2014 for passive bribery.
In April 2016, it was announced that Guo had admitted accepting bribes. The investigation of the case has been completed and prosecution is now being prepared. The trial took place in camera before a military tribunal because military secrets were involved. The court stated that the trial was conducted in accordance with the law and in a fair manner. On July 25, 2016, a military court sentenced Guo to life imprisonment, deprived of his political rights for life, stripped of his general rank, and confiscated all of his property and profits from his crimes. The court called the bribe extremely large, but stressed that it acknowledged his wrongdoing and sincerely repented and that all illegally acquired assets had been disclosed. Guo, who pleaded guilty for the charges, accepted the verdict and announced that he would not appeal.
family
In March 2015, it became known that an investigation into suspected corruption of his son, Major General Guo Zhenggang (1970), and 13 other generals were being initiated. Criminal investigations have also been launched against his daughter-in-law and her mother.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chris Buckley: Ex-Military Leader in China Is Subject of Graft Inquiry. New York Times, July 30, 2015, accessed August 4, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Former Army Chief Guo Boxiong expelled from the Communist Party of China. german.china.org, July 31, 2015, accessed on August 4, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Chinese Gen Guo Boxiong sentenced to life for corruption. BBC News, July 25, 2016, accessed July 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Article in Xinhua Online from March 16, 2003 about his appointment as vice-chairman of the ZMK ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A crash reveals the lies about the military budget, article in China Intern dated June 23, 2006
- ↑ Former Military Leader Guo Boxiong Prosecuted for Corruption on: China Radio International , April 5, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016
- ↑ Guo Boxiong gets life sentence for taking bribes from: China Radio International, July 25, 2016, accessed July 25, 2016
- ^ Dan Levin: China Names 14 Generals Suspected of Corruption. New York Times, March 2, 2015, accessed August 4, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guo, Boxiong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 郭伯雄 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese politician and lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liquan , Shaanxi Province |