Qin Shengxiang (; born February 1957) is an

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of the Chinese

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(PLAN) who was Political Commissar of the PLA Navy from September 2017 to January 2022. He formerly served as Director of the

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Career

Qin Shengxiang was born in February 1957 in Jianli,

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

Province. He worked for many years in the Central Military Commission, and served as Vice Director and then Director of the Organization Department of the

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. He attained the rank of

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in about 2007. In December 2012, Qin was appointed Director of the

, succeeding Wang Guanzhong. He was promoted to the rank of

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in July 2015. After Central Military Commission chairman

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's military reform in January 2016, Qin also served as the first Director of the newly established Office for Reform and Organizational Structure. In September 2017, Qin was appointed Political Commissar of the

, replacing Admiral Miao Hua. In October 2017, he was elected a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qin, Shengxiang 1957 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei Political commissars of the People's Liberation Army Navy Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People from Jingzhou