Wu Yanan (Chinese: 吴亚男; born August 1962) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), currently serving as commander of the Southern Theater Command, in office since July 2024. He was commander of the Central Theater Command from January 2022 to January 2023. In January 2023, he was transferred to the Central Military Commission Joint Operations Command Center.[1] He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
Wu Yanan | |||||||
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吴亚男 | |||||||
| Commander of the Southern Theater Command | |||||||
| Assumed office July 2024 | |||||||
| Political Commissar | Wang Wenquan | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Xiubin | ||||||
| Commander of the Central Theater Command | |||||||
| In office January 2022 – January 2023 | |||||||
| Political Commissar | Xu Deqing | ||||||
| Preceded by | Lin Xiangyang | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Huang Ming | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | August 1962 (age 62) Fuxin, Liaoning, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fuxin High School | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1980–present | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴亚男 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳亞男 | ||||||
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Biography
editWu was born in Fuxin, Liaoning, in August 1962. After graduating from Fuxin High School in 1980, he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in September of that same year. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1984. In July 2013, he was promoted to become deputy commander of the 16th Group Army, and held that office until March 2017, when he was promoted again to become commander of the 78th Group Army. In April 2020, he was commissioned as deputy commander of the Northern Theater Command and commander of its Northern Theater Command Ground Force. In December 2020, he took office as deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, concurrently serving as deputy chief of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. In January 2022, he rose to become commander of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Lin Xiangyang.[3] In July 2024, he became commander of the Southern Theater Command.[4]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in April 2020 and general (shangjiang) in January 2022.[5]
References
edit- ^ "What is China's Joint Operations Command Centre and who's in charge?". SCMP. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (6 September 2017). 解放军和武警部队选举产生303名出席党的十九大代表(名单). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers to rank of general". xinhuanet.com. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Yu Hui (余晖) (31 July 2024). 吴亚男已任南部战区司令员. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ 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 22 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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