Han Weiguo

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

Han Weiguo (Chinese: 韩卫国; born January 1956) is a lieutenant general (zhong Jiang) in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the inaugural Commander of the Central Theater Command.

Originally from Jingxing County, Hebei, Han is a graduate of the PLA National Defense University. He served as the commander of the 12th Group Army, then in December 2013, the deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region (now defunct). He was promoted to lieutenant general in 2015. After the 2016 re-organization of the PLA, he was named Commander of the Central Theater Command; he was only one of two lieutenant generals named to commander or commissar positions in the re-organized Theater Command structure.[1]

In 2013, Han became a deputy to the National People's Congress.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "五大战区司令员、政委公布". Phoenix New Media. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  2. ↑ "全国人大代表信息-韩卫国". National People's Congress. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
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