Fan Changmi (; born June 1955) is a former

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of the

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of China. In December 2014, he was under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency. He served as Deputy Political Commissar of the

Lanzhou Military Region The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Ngari Prefecture in n ...

, one of the seven military regions in China, but was placed under investigation for corruption in 2014. Fan was an alternate member of the

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and a member of the

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Life and career

Fan was born and raised in

Laoling Laoling (), often mispronounced as Leling, is a county-level city in the northwest of Shandong province, China, bordering Hebei province to the north. Laoling has more than 640,000 inhabitants (1999) and is under the jurisdiction of Dezhou D ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

. He graduated from PLA Ground Force Command Academy in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

. He joined the

in December 1972, and joined the

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in April 1974. In 1998 he was appointed head of propaganda of the political department of the 47th Group Army, a position he held until 1999, when he was appointed head of Propaganda of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region, later Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army. He attained the rank of

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in July 2004. In November 2005, he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the

Xinjiang Military District The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Ngari Prefecture in nor ...

, he remained in that position until December 2006, when he was transferred to the

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai ...

, and appointed Political Commissar of the 47th Army. Fan served as Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou MR from July 2012 to July 2014, and was appointed Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou MR in July 2014. In December 2014, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fan, Changmi 1955 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Deputy political commissars of the Lanzhou Military Region Directors of the political department of the Lanzhou Military Region Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Alternate members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People's Liberation Army Nanjing Military Command College alumni People's Liberation Army generals convicted of corruption