Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Appearance
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force | |
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中国人民解放军陆军司令员 (Chinese) | |
since September 2022 | |
People's Liberation Army Ground Force | |
Type | Commanding officer |
Reports to | Chief of the Joint Staff |
Appointer | Military Chairman |
Formation | January 2016 |
First holder | Li Zuocheng |
The Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (Chinese: 中国人民解放军陆军司令员; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn lùjūn sīlìng yuán) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The current commander is General Li Qiaoming.
History
[edit]The position was created following the 2015 military reform, which saw major changes to the PLA structure. Prior to the reform, leadership was split between four departments under the Central Military Commission (General Political, General Logistics, General Armament and General Staff Departments).[1]
List of commanders
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | General Li Zuocheng (born 1953) |
1 January 2016 | August 2017 | 1 year, 7 months | [2] | |
2 | General Han Weiguo (born 1956) |
August 2017 | June 2021 | 3 years, 10 months | [3] | |
3 | General Liu Zhenli (born 1964) |
June 2021 | September 2022 | 1 year, 3 months | [4] | |
4 | General Li Qiaoming (born 1961) |
September 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 3 months | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ Blasko, Dennis J. (2019). "Chapter 10: The Biggest Loser in Chinese Military Reforms: The PLA Army". Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA. National Defense University. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ 李作成出任解放军陆军司令员 刘雷任陆军政委 [Li Zuocheng appointed as PLA army commander Liu Lei appointed as army political commissar]. Sina. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ 韩卫国上将已履新陆军司令员 接替李作成上将 [Admiral Han Weiguo has taken up the post of commander of the new army to replace Admiral Li Zuocheng]. Tencent. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
- ^ Yu Hui (余晖) (5 July 2021). 四位将军同时晋升上将!职务均系首次披露. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "China promotes General Li Qiaoming to commander of PLA ground force". South China Morning Post. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-02-15.