Li Qiaoming

Chinese general

李桥铭

Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force

Incumbent

Assumed office
December 2022Preceded byLiu ZhenliCommander of the Northern Theater CommandIn office
September 2017 – September 2022Preceded bySong PuxuanSucceeded byWang Qiang Personal detailsBornApril 1961 (age 63)
Yanshi, Henan, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyMilitary serviceAllegiance

People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service

People's Liberation Army Ground ForceYears of service1976–presentRank

GeneralChinese nameSimplified Chinese李桥铭Traditional Chinese李橋銘

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Qiáomíng

Li Qiaoming (Chinese: 李桥铭; pinyin: Lǐ Qiáomíng; born April 1961) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), currently serving as commander of the PLA Ground Force. He served as commander of the Northern Theater Command from September 2017 to September 2022.

Biography

Li Qiaoming was born in April 1961 in Yanshi, Henan Province and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1976. He successively served as Chief of Staff of the 361st Regiment, Commander of the 364th Regiment, Chief of Staff of the 124th Division, Deputy Chief of Staff of the 42nd Group Army, and Commander of the 124th Division of the 42nd Army.^[1]

He was appointed Chief of Staff of the 41st Group Army in January 2010, (In July 2011 he was awarded the rank of major general) and promoted to Commander of the 41st Army in September 2013. In 2013 he wrote an article about soviet army "nonparty tragedy".^[2] In February 2016, he became Commander of the Northern Theater Command Ground Force, and awarded the rank of lieutenant general a few months later. In September 2017, he was promoted again to Commander of the Northern Theater Command, succeeding General Song Puxuan, who had been appointed Director of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission.^[1]^[3]

In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[4]

In December 2019, he was promoted to the rank of general.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2022, Li was commissioned as commander of the PLA Ground Force.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b 北部战区陆军司令员李桥铭升任北部战区司令员. Thepaper.cn (in Chinese). September 22, 2017.
^ 李桥铭：苏联军队"非党化"的历史悲剧--理论--人民网. theory.people.com.cn. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "China names new military commander for strategically important region near North Korea". South China Morning Post. September 22, 2017.
^ "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua News Agency. October 24, 2017. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017.
^ 李桥铭任陆军司令员. jiemian.com (in Chinese). January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

Military offices
New title	Commander of the Northern Theater Command Ground Force 2016–2017	Succeeded by Wang Yinfang [zh]
Preceded by Song Puxuan	Commander of the Northern Theater Command 2017–2022	Succeeded by Wang Qiang
Preceded by Liu Zhenli	Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force 2022–present	Incumbent