Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Ge Zhenfeng

Ge Zhenfeng is a general of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as executive vice chief of staff of General Staff Department of PLA.

Born in Qingyuan, Hebei Province, Ge joined the PLA in June 1962 and the Communist Party of China in July 1965. In 1984, he became the vice chief of staff of PLA army corps. In 1988, he was promoted to chief of staff of 39th army corps. He became the commander of 64th army corps in 1992. In November 1996, he was elevated to chief of staff of PLA Shenyang Military Region. He became vice commander of Shenyang MR in January 1999. In December 2000, he was appointed as vice president of PLA National Defense University. In July 2001, he became the president of PLA Academy of Military Science. Since November 2002, he has served as executive vice chief of staff in General Staff Department of PLA.

He was made lieutenant general in 1998, and awarded the rank of general on June 20 2004.

Ge was a member of 16th Central Committee of Communist Party of China, and a current member of 17th Central Committee of CPC.

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