Zhao Ruibao (Chinese: 赵瑞宝; born March 1960) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as director of the Political Work Department of the Western Theater Command, succeeding He Ping in 2017. He is a delegate to 13th National People's Congress.[1]
Zhao Ruibao | |||||||
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赵瑞宝 | |||||||
| Director of the Political Work Department of the Western Theater Command | |||||||
| Assumed office April 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | He Ping | ||||||
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| Born | March 1960 (age 64) Yanzhou County, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | ?–present | ||||||
| Rank |  Lieutenant general | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵瑞宝 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙瑞寶 | ||||||
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Biography
editZhao was born in Yanzhou County (now Yanzhou District of Jining), Shandong, in March 1960. He served in the Second Artillery Corps for a long time before being appointed political commissar of PLA Rocket Force University of Engineering in October 2009. He became political commissar of the 51st Base in 2011 before being assigned to the similar position in the 52nd Base (later renamed 61st Base) in 2014. In April 2018, he became deputy political commissar of the Western Theater Command and director of the Political Work Department.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2010 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gong Yang (巩阳) (24 February 2018). （受权发布）中华人民共和国第十三届全国人民代表大会代表名单. Xinhua (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (13 January 2019). 补缺舒清友 姜平少将升任西部战区空军政委. Caixin (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (4 February 2020). 战区多位军官晋升中将军衔后首次亮相. Caixin (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 November 2021.