Cao Pengsheng (Chinese: 曹芃生; pinyin: Cáo Péngshēng; born July 1930) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region from 1990 to 1996.
Cao Pengsheng | |
|---|---|
曹芃生 | |
| Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region | |
| In office April 1990 – January 1996 | |
| Commander | Fu Quanyou Wang Ke Liu Jingsong |
| Preceded by | Li Xuanhua |
| Succeeded by | Wen Zongren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1930 (age 94) Laoting County, Hebei, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Lu Xun Art School of Jidong Military District PLA Second Political School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force |
| Years of service | 1946–1996 |
| Rank |  General |
| Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War |
He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a representative of the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
editCao was born in Laoting County, Hebei, in July 1930.
He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1948, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the following year. During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the war and engaged in the Liaoshen campaign and Pingjin campaign.
In 1956, he enrolled at the PLA Second Political School, where he graduated in 1959. He was political commissar of the Shandong Military District in August 1985, and held that office until July 1988. He was also a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.
In February 1988, he was appointed deputy political commissar of the Jinan Military Region, he remained in that position until April 1990, when he was transferred to the Lanzhou Military Region and was promoted to become political commissar.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in September 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 1990, and general (shangjiang) in May 1994.
References
edit- ^ Zhang Guodong (张国栋); Li Zilu (李子路) (10 February 2018). 省委省政府领导 走访慰问住济省级老同志. dzwww.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 August 2022.[permanent dead link]