Zheng Weiping

郑卫平
Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support ForceIn office
September 2017 – December 2020Preceded byLiu FulianSucceeded byLi WeiPolitical Commissar of the Eastern Theater CommandIn office
February 2016 – September 2017Preceded byNew positionSucceeded byHe PingPolitical Commissar of the Nanjing Military RegionIn office
October 2012 – January 2016Preceded byChen GuolingSucceeded byOffice abolished Personal detailsBornJuly 1955 (age 68)
Wanrong County, ShanxiPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service PLA Rocket Force
PLA Strategic Support ForceYears of service1970–2020Rank General

Zheng Weiping (simplified Chinese: 郑卫平; traditional Chinese: 鄭衛平; pinyin: Zhèng Wèipíng; born July 1955) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He was Political Commissar of the Strategic Support Force between 2017 and 2020. He previously served as Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region (2012–2016) and Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command (2016–2017).

Biography

Zheng was born in Wanrong County, Shanxi province. He served at one point as secretary to General Li Jinai. In 2003 he began a stint overseeing political education at the National Defence University. In 2005 he became political commissar of the 41st Group Army. In 2007, he became the head of the political department of the Guangzhou Military Region.[1] In October 2012 he was appointed political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region. On 31 July 2015, Zheng was promoted to general (shang jiang), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service.[2]

In 2016 Zheng became the inaugural political commissar of the newly established Eastern Theater Command. In September 2017 he was appointed political commissar of the Strategic Support Force, replacing Genenral Liu Fulian. He Ping succeeded Zheng as the Eastern TC commissar.[3]

On February 28, 2021, he was appointed vice-chairperson of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.[4]

Zheng has been a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.[5]

References

  1. ^ 广州军区政治部主任郑卫平中将要求云浮军分区推动学习实践活动向深度广度发展. 云浮日报. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ^ "China promotes 10 officers to general". Xinhua. 2015-07-31. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015.
  3. ^ 东部战区原政委郑卫平上将转岗战支部队 (in Chinese). Caixin. 2017-10-22.
  4. ^ Yu Hui (余晖) (28 February 2021). 三名上将履新!王宁、郑卫平、赵宗岐新职务披露. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ^ "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua News Agency. 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017.
Military offices
Preceded by
Zhang Rucheng [zh]
Political Commissar of the 41st Group Army
2005–2007
Succeeded by
Chen Pinghua [zh]
Preceded by Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region
2012–2016
Succeeded by
Office abolished
New title Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command
2016–2017
Succeeded by
He Ping
Preceded by Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Li Wei
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