Yuan Huazhi

Chinese general
袁华智
Yuan in 2024
Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2022Preceded byQin ShengxiangPolitical Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Air ForceIn office
December 2018 – March 2019Preceded byLiu DeweiSucceeded byZhong WeiguoPolitical Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine CorpsIn office
March 2017 – December 2018Preceded byNew titleSucceeded byWang HongbinPolitical Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research InstituteIn office
December 2015 – March 2017Preceded byLi DaomingSucceeded byPosition abolished Personal detailsBornOctober 1961 (age 62)
Xiantao, Hubei, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army NavyYears of service1978–presentRank AdmiralChinese nameTraditional Chinese袁華智Simplified Chinese袁华智
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Huázhì

Yuan Huazhi (Chinese: 袁华智; born October 1961) is an admiral (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has been Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy since January 2022. He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2015, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in December 2019 and admiral (shangjiang) in January 2022.[1][2]

Biography

Yuan was born in Xiantao, Hubei in October 1961. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1978. He served in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) for a long time. In December 2015 he became Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute, replacing Li Daoming.[3] He was Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps in March 2017,[4] and held that office until December 2018, when he was transferred to the People's Liberation Army Air Force and appointed Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force.[5] In March 2019 he was promoted to become Deputy Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy.[6] In January 2022, he was promoted again to become Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy.[7]

References

  1. ^ Wang Jun (王俊) (21 July 2015). 海军91181部队司令员陈岳琪等8名军官晋升少将军衔. Thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ^ Liu Jiani (刘佳妮) (14 December 2019). 海军4人晋升中将军衔、27人晋升少将军衔. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (22 April 2016). 袁华智少将任海军装备研究院政委. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (27 May 2017). 海军陆战队新领导层亮相：孔军、袁华智分任司令员、政委. Thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. ^ 海军陆战队首任政委袁华智已任东部战区空军政委. sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (30 April 2019). 袁华智履新海军副政委. Thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. ^ Mei Changwei (梅常伟) (21 January 2022). 中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式 习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺. news.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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Educational offices
Preceded by
Li Daoming (李道明)
 Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
Military offices
New title Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps
2017–2018 		Succeeded by
Wang Hongbin
Preceded by
Liu Dewei [zh]
 Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Zhong Weiguo (钟卫国)
Preceded by Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy
2022–present 		Incumbent
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