Gu Shanqing (; born November 1931) is a

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in the

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of China who served as political commissar of the

Chengdu Military Region The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area ...

from April 1990 to November 1992 and political commissar of the

Beijing Military Region The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid 1980s to 2017, it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city, Tianjin city, Hebei province, Shanxi province, ...

from November 1992 to November 1996. He was a member of the

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and a member of the Standing Committee of the

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election result ...

Biography

Gu was born in

Fu County Fu County or Fuxian () is a county in the south of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, China. The county has an area of , and a permanent population of 150,500 as of 2012. Administrative divisions The county is divided into one subdistrict, six town ...

(now Wafangdian),

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

, in November 1931. He enlisted in the

(PLA) in December 1947, and joined the

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(CCP) in November 1949. He served in the before being assigned to the

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in 1951. In 1959, he enrolled at the PLA Changsha No. 1 Political School and worked there after graduation. In 1969, he was despatched to the

Guangzhou Military Region The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions, located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949, the Central China (Hua Zhong) Military Region (MR) was formed. In Mar ...

, one of the

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s. He was made deputy political commissar of

Shaoyang Shaoyang (), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hunan ...

Military Area in 1982 and one year later was promoted to become political commissar of the Hunan Military District. He was transferred back to the Guangzhou Military Region in February 1988 and appointed deputy political commissar. In April 1990, he was commissioned as political commissar of the

, he remained in that position until April 1990, when he was transferred to the

and given the position of political commissar. He retired in November 1996. He was promoted to the rank of

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

('' shaojiang'') in 1988,

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

('' zhongjiang'') in 1990, and

('' shangjiang'') in 1994.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gu, Shanqing 1931 births Living people People from Wafangdian People's Liberation Army generals from Liaoning People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Political commissars of the Chengdu Military Region Political commissars of the Beijing Military Region Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party