Fang Yongxiang
Fang Yongxiang | |
|---|---|
方永祥 | |
| Political Commissar of its Southern Theater Command Ground Force | |
| Assumed office December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Donghai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1966 (age 58) Xiamen, Fujian, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Nanchang Army Academy PLA National Defence University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force |
| Years of service | 1985–present |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
Fang Yongxiang (Chinese: 方永祥; pinyin: Fāng Yǒngxiáng; born August 1966) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China.
He is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Biography
[edit]Fang was born in Xiamen, Fujian, in August 1966, and graduated from Nanchang Army Academy and the PLA National Defence University. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 1985, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1986.
Since July 1989, he served in the 31st Group Army and eventually became political commissar of the 86th Division in 2010. He was director of the Political Department of the 1st Army Group in September 2014 and subsequently a director of a division of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department in June 2015. In 2016, he became deputy director of the Political Work Department of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force. He served as political commissar of the 81st Group Army from April 2017 until March 2018, when he was succeeded by Wang Zhibin.[2] He was appointed vice minister of Veterans Affairs in March 2018, concurrently serving as assistant director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission.[3] In December 2021, he was commissioned as deputy political commissar of the Southern Theater Command, in addition to serving as political commissar of its Ground Force.
References
[edit]- ^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单（171名）. Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Zhang Liangliang (张亮亮) (2 May 2017). 方永祥任第81集团军政委，此前任东部战区陆军政工部副主任. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (7 June 2018). 退役军人事务部副部长方永祥任中央军委政治工作部主任助理. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Xiamen
- PLA National Defence University alumni
- People's Liberation Army generals from Fujian
- People's Republic of China politicians from Fujian
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Fujian
- Alternate members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party