Chang Wanquan

Chang Wanquan
常万全


State Councilor
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2013
Premier	Li Keqiang
Minister of National Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2013
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Liang Guanglie
Personal details
Born	January 1949 (age 67) Nanyang, Henan, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	1968–present
Rank	General
Commands	General Armament Department among others

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chang.

Chang Wanquan (Chinese: 常万全; born January 1949) is the Minister of Defense and State Councilor of the People's Republic of China and a general in the People's Liberation Army. He has been director of the PLA General Armaments Department and a member of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China and helped to manage China's space program.^[1]^[2]

Life and career

Born in Nanyang, Henan Province, in 1949, Chang joined the PLA in March 1968 and the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November of the same year. From January 2002 to December 2004, he was the chief of staff and a CPC committee member of the PLA Lanzhou Military Region. From December 2004 to September 2007, he was the commander of the PLA Shenyang Military Region. Since September 2007, he has been serving as the director of the PLA General Armaments Department. In October 2007 he was elected as a member of the Central Military Commission.

He attained the rank of senior colonel in 1992, major general in July 1997, lieutenant general in 2003, and full general in October 2007. He has been a member of the 16th, 17th and 18th Central Committees.

In October 2012, he was appointed Minister of National Defense, succeeding General Liang Guanglie.

At the first plenary session of the 12th National People's Congress, he was also elected as State Councilor.^[3]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Liang Guanglie	Minister of National Defense 2013 – present	Incumbent

12th State Council of the People's Republic of China (2013-2018)

Agriculture	Han Changfu

Civil Affairs	Li Liguo

Commerce	Gao Hucheng

Construction	Jiang Weixin→Chen Zhenggao

Culture	Cai Wu→Luo Shugang

Defense	Chang Wanquan

Education	Yuan Guiren

Finance	Lou Jiwei

Environment	Zhou Shengxian→Chen Jining

Foreign	Wang Yi

Industry and Information	Miao Wei

Justice	Wu Aiying

Labor	Yin Weimin

Public Security	Guo Shengkun

Resources	Jiang Daming

Science and Technology	Wan Gang

State Security	Geng Huichang

Supervision	Huang Shuxian

Transport	Yang Chuantang

Water	Chen Lei

Commissioners

Development	Xu Shaoshi

Ethnic Affairs	Wang Zhengwei

Health	Li Bin

Other bodies

Auditor General	Liu Jiayi

Central Bank Governor	Zhou Xiaochuan

Generals (shang jiang) of the People's Republic of China in active service

Army	Fan Changlong Chang Wanquan Fang Fenghui Zhang Yang Zhao Keshi Zhang Youxia Wei Fenghe Wang Hongyao Qi Jianguo Wang Jianping Wang Guanzhong Du Jincai Jia Ting'an Wu Changde Yin Fanglong Zhang Shibo Xu Yaoyuan Wang Jiaocheng Chu Yimin Song Puxuan Liu Fulian Liu Yuejun Zhao Zongqi Du Hengyan Cai Yingting Zheng Weiping Xu Fenlin Wei Liang Li Zuocheng

Navy*	Wu Shengli Sun Jianguo Miao Hua

Air Force	Xu Qiliang Ma Xiaotian Liu Yazhou

Armed Police	Wang Ning Sun Sijing

Although navy shang jiang* is officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese.

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