Wang Hongguang (; born August 1949) is a retired lieutenant general in the Chinese

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(PLA).

Biography

Born in 1949, Wang enlisted in the

in March 1968. He attained the rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in 1998. In February 1998 he was appointed president of the People's Liberation Army Armored Forces Academy. He was head of the General Equipment Support Bureau of People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department in September 2002, a position he held until December 2005, when he was transferred to Nanjing, Jiangsu and appointed deputy commander of

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. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general ('' Zhongjiang'') in July 2007. He retired from military service in December 2012. He was a delegate to the

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and a member of the 12th

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Personal life

Wang's father is , a major general in the

(PLA). Wang married Gao Yanyan (), daughter of , who was also a major general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. The couple have a son. They divorced in 2015.

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References

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