Ma Zhenjun (; born 1962) is a lieutenant general (''

zhong jiang (; ja, 将, Shō; ) is the rank held by general officers in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police use ...

'') of the

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(PLAAF) of China. He has been

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of the PLAAF since August 2013, and previously served as commander of the

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Air Force.

Biography

Ma was born in 1962 in Pingyu,

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. He enlisted in the PLAAF and served in 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 ...

Air Force for many years. Ma earned fast promotion after proving himself a top-grade fighter pilot, an outstanding fighter division commander, and a keen proponent of training. Instead of routine technical training, Ma emphasized tactical combat training. When he commanded the 2nd Fighter Division, it was rated as having displayed the most proficiency in training for three successive years. He also won three PLA science and technology awards. In 2007, Ma was promoted from commander of the 2nd Fighter Division to deputy chief of staff of the Guangzhou MR Air Force, when he was 43. Two years later, he was promoted to deputy commander of the

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Air Force (a full corps rank) and again within one year he was transferred to the

Air Force as deputy commander and chief of staff. The frequent transfers reflect the air force leadership's confidence in Ma and their crafting a succession plan for him involving gaining intimate familiarity with various MRAFs and combat units. Ma attained the rank of major general in July 2008. He was probably the only major general at the full corps rank in the air force who was born in the 1960s. In March 2011, Ma was appointed deputy chief of staff of the PLAAF. In August 2012, he became commander of the Beijing MR Air Force and deputy commander of the Beijing MR. In August 2013, Ma was promoted to chief of staff of the PLAAF and the rank of lieutenant general. Since December 2017, Ma was appointed to serve as deputy commander of the PLAAF. He is serving together with four other lieutenant generals as deputy commanders.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ma, Zhenjun 1962 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Henan People's Liberation Army Air Force generals People from Zhumadian Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party