Fan Changmi

Fan Changmi
Native name	范长秘
Born	June 1955 (age 60) Laoling, Shandong, China
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Commands held	Deputy Political Commissar of Lanzhou Military Region (July 2014-December 2014)

Fan Changmi
Traditional Chinese	范長秘
Simplified Chinese	范长秘
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fàn Chángmì

Fan Changmi (born June 1955) is a former lieutenant-general of the People's Liberation Army of China.^[1] In December 2014, he was under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.^[2] He served as Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region, one of the seven military regions in China, but was placed under investigation for corruption in 2014.^[3]

Fan was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the 11th National People's Congress.^[4]

Life and career

Fan was born and raised in Laoling, Shandong. He graduated from People's Liberation Army Nanjing Military Command College.

He joined the People's Liberation Army in December 1972, and joined the Communist Party of China in April 1974. In 1998 he was appointed head of propaganda of the political department of the 47th Group Army, a position he held until 1999, when he was appointed head of Propaganda of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region, later Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army. He attained the rank of major general in July 2004. In November 2005, he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the Xinjiang Military District, he remained in that position until December 2006, when he was transferred to the Nanjing Military Region, and appointed Political Commissar of the 47th Army. Fan served as Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou MR from July 2012 to July 2014, and was appointed Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou MR in July 2014.^[5][6] In December 2014, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.^[7]

References

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3. "PLA officers placed under investigation". Ministry of Defence. 2015-01-16.
4. "范长秘". People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-01-09.
5. "解放军上月调整14副大军区级以上将领 两大舰队换帅". Ifeng (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-08-02.
6. "兰州军区10名将领晋衔 苗华以政委职务主持仪式". People.com. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
7. "中国军方公布16名军级以上领导干部重大贪腐案件" (in Chinese). Chinanews. Retrieved 2015-01-15.