Sui Mingtai (; born September 1942) is a

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in the

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of China. He was a member of the

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and

16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. ...

. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the

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Biography

Sui was born in

Zhaoyuan County Zhaoyuan County (), formerly Rear Gorlos Banner, is a county in the west-central part of Heilongjiang Province, China, bordering Jilin province to the south. The southernmost county-level division The administrative divisions of China have ...

(now Zhaoyuan),

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 ...

, in September 1942. He graduated from the PLA Military and Political University and PLA National Defence University. He enlisted in the

(PLA) in August 1960, and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

(CCP) in July 1962. He served in the PLA Engineering Corps from 1960 to 1982. He served as deputy political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Corps Base in 1983, and five years later promoted to the political commissar position. In June 1990, he became deputy director of its Political Department, rising to director in December 1994. In November 1997, he was promoted to become political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Corps, a position he held until December 2003, when he was chosen as political commissar of the

People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...

. In March 2008, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' shaojiang'') in September 1988,

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('' zhongjiang'') in July 1996, and

('' shangjiang'') in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sui, Mingtai 1942 births Living people People from Zhaoyuan, Shandong PLA National Defence University alumni People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress