Du Tiehuan (Chinese: 杜铁环; born August 1938) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a delegate to the 9th National People's Congress.
Du Tiehuan | |||||||
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杜铁环 | |||||||
| Political Commissioner of the Beijing Military Region | |||||||
| In office November 1996 – December 2003 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Gu Shanqing | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Fu Tinggui | ||||||
| Political Commissioner of the Jinan Military Region | |||||||
| In office December 1994 – November 1996 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Song Qingwei | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xu Caihou | ||||||
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| Born | August 1938 (age 86) Anshan, Liaoning, Manchukuo | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | PLA Fifth Artillery School PLA Political College | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1955–2003 | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Battles/wars | Sino-Vietnamese War | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杜铁环 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 杜鐵環 | ||||||
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Biography
editDu was born in Anshan, Liaoning, Manchukuo in August 1938.
He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in August 1955, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1959. In 1979, he participated in the Sino-Vietnamese War.[1] In 1984, he served in the 46th Group Army for a short while before being assigned to the 67th Group Army as deputy political commissioner in 1985, and he rose to become political commissioner in 1988. He was assistant head of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department in November 1992, and one year later was promoted to deputy head. In December 1994, he was appointed political commissioner of the Jinan Military Region, he remained in that position until November 1996, when he was transferred to the Beijing Military Region and appointed political commissioner.[2][3]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1993 and general (shangjiang) in 2000.[4]
References
edit- ^ 杜铁环：参加越战任师政委，62岁升上将，曾任济南、北京军区政委. qq.com (in Chinese). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ 杜铁环上将率我军代表团赴非洲三国访问. sina (in Chinese). 31 May 2002. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Jia Wei (贾伟) (5 July 2002). 河北省领导会见杜铁环一行. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ 解放军新上将资料之十四：杜铁环. sina (in Chinese). 22 June 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2022.