He Ping (general)

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He Ping
何平
Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command
In office
September 2017 – June 2023
Preceded byZheng Weiping
Succeeded byLiu Qingsong
Personal details
BornNovember 1957 (age 68)
PartyChinese Communist Party
Military service
AllegianceFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China
Branch/serviceFile:Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service?–present
RankFile:PLAGeneral r.png General

He Ping (Chinese: 何平; pinyin: Hé Píng; born November 1957) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as the political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command from 2017 to 2023.

Biography

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He Ping was born in November 1957 in Nanchong, Sichuan Province.[1][2]

He spent most of his career in the former Chengdu Military Region. In 2008 he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the 14th Group Army, and attained the rank of major general the next year. He became Deputy Political Commissar of the 14th Army in 2011, and deputy director of the Political Department of the Chengdu MR and Political Commissar of the Joint Logistics Department of the Chengdu MR in 2013. In July 2014 he was appointed Political Commissar of the Intelligence Department of the former PLA General Staff Department.[1][2]

In 2016, He was appointed Director of the Political Department of the newly established Western Theater Command. In September 2017, he was transferred and promoted to Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command, succeeding General Zheng Weiping.[1][2]

In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]

References

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