Pan Liangshi

Pan Liangshi
潘良时
Commander of the Beijing Garrison
Assumed office
December 2013
Preceded by Zheng Chuanfu
Personal details
Born October 1956 (age 59)
Qinghe County, Hebei, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater PLA Artillery Academy
PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army
Years of service 1972 – present
Rank Lieutenant General
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Pan.

Pan Liangshi (Chinese: 潘良时; born October 1956) is a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He has served as Commander of the Beijing Garrison since 2013.

Biography

Pan Liangshi was born in October 1956 in Qinghe County, Hebei Province. He enlisted in the PLA in December 1972, and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1974. He graduated from the PLA Artillery Academy, and has a master's degree from the PLA National Defence University.[1][2]

Pan served as a brigade commander and chief of staff of the 40th Group Army. He became chief of staff of the 39th Group Army in September 2007, and commander of the 39th Army in January 2008. In December 2013, he was appointed commander of the strategically important Beijing Garrison.[1][2] He replaced Lieutenant General Zheng Chuanfu, who had been promoted to deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region.[3] He became a member of the Beijing Party Standing Committee in February 2015.[1][2]

Pan attained the rank of lieutenant general in July 2015. He is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pan Liangshi" (in Chinese). Phoenix New Media. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Pan Liangshi". People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. "Veteran general promoted to head Beijing Garrison as Xi Jinping consolidates military control". South China Morning Post. 8 January 2014.
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