Li Qiaoming (; born April 1961) is a

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of the Chinese

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(PLA), currently serving as commander of the

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. He served as commander of the

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from September 2017 to September 2022.

Biography

Li Qiaoming was born in April 1961 in

Yanshi Yanshi District () is a district in the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in western Henan province, China. Yanshi lies on the Luo River and is the easternmost county-level division of Luoyang. History After the Zhou conquest of Shang in mid-11th ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

Province and enlisted in the

(PLA) in 1976. He successively served as Chief of Staff of the 361st Regiment, Commander of the 364th Regiment, Chief of Staff of the 124th Division, Deputy Chief of Staff of the

42nd Group Army The 74th Group Army (), formerly the 42nd Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 74th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground force ...

, and Commander of the 124th Division of the 42nd Army. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the

41st Group Army The 75th Group Army ), formerly the 41st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 75th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground force ...

in January 2010, (In July 2011 he was awarded the rank of major general) and promoted to Commander of the 41st Army in September 2013. In 2013 he wrote an article about soviet army "nonparty tragedy". In February 2016, he became Commander of the

Ground Force, and awarded the rank of

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a few months later. In September 2017, he was promoted again to Commander of the Northern Theater Command, succeeding General

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, who had been appointed Director of the

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. In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In December 2019, he was promoted to the rank of general. In December 2022, Li was commissioned as commander of the

References

1961 births Living people People from Yanshi People's Liberation Army generals from Henan Commanders of Northern Theater Command Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politicians from Luoyang People's Republic of China politicians from Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Chinese military personnel of the Sino-Vietnamese War {{China-mil-bio-stub