Zhou Kunren (; born 10 September 1937) is a

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in the

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of China who served as political commissar of the

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from 1990 to 1993, political commissar of the

from 1993 to 1995, and political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department from 1995 to 2002. He was a delegate to the

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and

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election result ...

and a member of the Standing Committee of the

10th National People's Congress The 10th National People's Congress () was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress. The 1st Session The Congres ...

. He was a representative of the 15th and 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the

15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1997 to 2002. The 14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee ...

Biography

Zhou was born in

Danyang County Danyang County (''Danyang-gun'') is in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Symbols *County tree: Yew tree *County bird: Magpie *County flower: Royal Azalea Geography The geographical terrain is 83.7% mountainous and 11.2% cultivable. It is ...

(now Danyang),

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, on 10 September 1937. He enlisted in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

(PLA) in January 1956, and joined the

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(CCP) in May 1960. He served in the

East Sea Fleet The Eastern Theater Command Navy (), or East Sea Fleet (ESF; ), is one of the three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy, operating in the East China Sea under the Eastern Theater Command. It was the first naval force formed by the Peopl ...

from 1956 to 1986. In January 1987, he was promoted to become deputy director of the Political Department of the

, a position he held until 1990. He was appointed political commissar of the

in June 1990, concurrently serving as deputy political commissar of the

since November 1992. And one year later, he rose to become political commissar. He became political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department in July 1995, serving in the post until his retirement in October 2002. In March 2003, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Constitution and Law Committee. He was promoted to the rank of

rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

('' shaojiang'') in September 1988, vice admiral ('' zhongjiang'') in July 1993, and

('' shangjiang'') in June 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Kunren 1937 births Living people People from Danyang PLA National Defence University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Political commissars of the People's Liberation Army Navy Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party