Liu Zhenwu

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Liu Zhenwu ( Chinese 刘镇武 ; * August 1945 ) is a former general ( shang jiang ) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army . He was the first commander of the garrison in Hong Kong and later served as deputy commander and commander of Military Region Guangzhou.

Life

Liu Zhenwu was born in Nan County, Hunan Province in August 1945 . He joined the Chinese Army in July 1961 and initially served in the 370th Regiment of the 124th Division of the 42nd Army. In June 1964 he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party . He rose in the 42nd Army until he became its chief of staff in August 1983. In 1987 he studied at the National Defense University of the Army . In December 1989 he was made deputy commander of the 42nd Army and three years later its commander. In July 1990 he was promoted to major general.

The Hong Kong Garrison was formed in 1994 to prepare for the transition of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to Red China. Liu became the garrison's first commander. In this post he was inducted into the Hong Kong military establishment by Maj. Gen. Bryan Dutton , outgoing commander of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong . He was promoted to lieutenant general at the end of the month after Hong Kong was surrendered on July 1, 1997 . His rank was raised above that of his British predecessors. He was in command of around 15,000 garrison soldiers, most of whom were stationed outside Hong Kong's borders in China. In September 1997, he was an alternate member of the CCP's 15th Central Committee .

In March 1999, Liu was transferred to the post of deputy commander of the Guanzhou Military Region, who reports to the Hong Kong Garrison. In January 2002 he became commander there. In November of that year he became a full member of the 16th central member of the KpCh. The promotion to general took place in June 2004.

In June 2007, Liu was transferred to Beijing. There he served in the post of deputy commander of the General Staff Division of the People's Liberation Army, and remained in that post until July 2009, when he retired from active service and became deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th National People's Congress .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Liu Zhenwu. National Chengchi University , June 5, 2015, accessed November 16, 2017 (Chinese).
  2. ↑ a b Bo, Zhiyue: China's Elite Politics: Governance and Democratization . Ed .: World Scientific. 2010, ISBN 978-981-283-673-1 , pp. 114 (English, online ).
  3. ^ Joseph YS Cheng: The Other Hong Kong Report 1997 . Chinese University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-962-201-778-8 , pp. Xii.
  4. ↑ Larry Chuen-ho Chow: The Other Hong Kong Report 1998 . Chinese University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-962-201-829-7 , p. 7.
  5. ^ Todd Cowell, Law Siu Lan: Centers of Power . In: Asiaweek , May 16, 1997. 
personal data
SURNAME Liu, Zhenwu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 刘镇武 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese officer, general (shang jiang) of the people's liberation army
DATE OF BIRTH August 1945