Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy
| Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy | |
|---|---|
| 中国人民解放军海军司令员 | |
 People's Liberation Army Navy | |
| Type | Commanding officer |
| Reports to | Chief of the Joint Staff |
| Appointer | Military Chairman |
| Formation | 14 April 1950 |
| First holder | Xiao Jinguang |
The commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军司令员) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The current commander is Admiral Hu Zhongming.
History[edit]
The Navy of the People's Liberation Army Navy East China Military Area Command (华东军区海军) was originally established on April 23, 1949, in Baimamiao Township of Tai County, Jiangsu province, General Zhang Aiping was commissioned as commander and political commissar.
On April 14, 1950, the People's Liberation Army Navy Navy Command was established in Beijing, which is the China's highest naval organ. The Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Navy is nominated by the President for appointment from any eligible officers holding the rank of admiral or vice-admiral (shang jiang), and under the leadership of the Central Military Commission. Fleet Admiral Xiao Jinguang was the first commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Navy.
List of commanders[edit]
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| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Alma mater | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Aiping 张爱萍 (1910–2003) | 23 April 1949 | 14 April 1950 | 356 days | Counter-Japanese Military and Political University | . |
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| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Alma mater | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleet Admiral Xiao Jinguang 萧劲光 (1903–1989) | 14 April 1950 | January 1980 | 29 years, 8 months | Moscow Sun Yat-sen University | . | |
| 2 | General Ye Fei 叶飞 (1914–1999) | January 1980 | August 1982 | 2 years, 7 months | Whampoa Military Academy | . | |
| 3 | Admiral Liu Huaqing 刘华清 (1916–2011) | August 1982 | January 1988 | 5 years, 5 months | N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy | . | |
| 4 | Admiral Zhang Lianzhong 张连忠 (born 1931) | January 1988 | November 1996 | 8 years, 10 months | Naval Submarine Institute | . | |
| 5 | Admiral Shi Yunsheng 石云生 (born 1940) | November 1996 | June 2003 | 6 years, 7 months | People's Liberation Army National Defence University | . | |
| 6 | Admiral Zhang Dingfa 张定发 (1943–2006) | June 2003 | April 2006 | 2 years, 10 months | People's Liberation Army National Defence University | [1] | |
| 7 | Admiral Wu Shengli 吴胜利 (born 1945) | April 2006 | January 2017 | 10 years, 9 months | People's Liberation Army Institute of Surveying and Mapping | [2] | |
| 8 | Admiral Shen Jinlong 沈金龙 (born 1956) | January 2017 | 6 September 2021 | 4 years, 8 months | . | . | |
| 9 | Admiral Dong Jun 董军 | 6 September 2021 | 26 December 2023 | 2 years, 3 months | . | [3] | |
| 10 | Admiral Hu Zhongming 胡中明 | 26 December 2023 | Incumbent | 3 months | . | [4] |
References[edit]
- ^ 海军原司令员张定发出殡 胡锦涛亲自送别. ifeng (in Chinese). 2006-12-23.
- ^ 吴胜利同志简历. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2016.
- ^ "中央军委举行晋升上将军衔仪式 习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官表示祝贺" [The Central Military Commission held a ceremony to promote the rank of general Xi Jinping issued a certificate of order and congratulated the promoted officer]. news.cn (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Dang, Yuanyue (26 December 2023). "China names submariner Hu Zhongming as top PLA Navy commander". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Ma Junjie (2014-10-01). 《档案里的中国海军历史》 [The History of PLA Navy in Archives] (in Chinese). jinan, Shandong: Shandong Pictorial Publishing House. ISBN 9787547413555.
- Gao Xiaoxing; Weng Saifei; Zhou Dehua (2012-10-01). The PLA Navy. Beijing: China Intercontinental Press. ISBN 9787508522258.
- Li Qiong (2015). 《海上长城：中国人民解放军海军成立六十周年庆典》 [Great Wall in the Sea: 60 Anniversary of the Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy] (in Chinese). Changchun ,Jilin: Jilin Publishing Group. ISBN 9787546318264.
