Jiang Jianzeng (; born January 1949) is a retired lieutenant general (''

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'') of the

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(PLAAF) of China. He served as commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force and the

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Air Force.

Biography

Jiang was born in January 1949 in

Hong'an Hong'an County (), formerly named Huang'an County (; Hwangan), located to the north of Wuhan, is a county in Huanggang, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Hong'an is known as the "County of Generals" in that more than 200 (or 79 with the ...

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 is the son of Major General Jiang Bo (), who was deputy political commissar of the Shaanxi Military District. Jiang served as commander of the PLAAF 14th Fighter Division, and chief of staff of the 8th Corps in December 1993. He attained the rank of major general in July 1995. He was appointed commander of the Dalian Air Base in October 1999, and deputy chief of staff of PLAAF in 2001. In December 2004, Jiang became commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force and concurrently deputy commander of the Nanjing MR. On 3 June 2006, a PLAAF

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Province, killing 40 people on board. Jiang was among about a dozen military officers who were held responsible and punished in the aftermath of the accident. He was given demerit points which damaged his prospect for promotion, and his career was temporarily frozen. Nevertheless, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in July 2006, before the punishment was announced. In January 2011, Jiang was appointed commander of the Beijing MR Air Force and deputy commander of the Beijing MR. He retired from active service in July 2012, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 for deputy military region (DMR) commanders. He was replaced by

Ma Zhenjun Ma Zhenjun (; born 1962) is a lieutenant general ('' zhong jiang'') of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He has been Chief of Staff of the PLAAF since August 2013, and previously served as commander of the Beijing Military ...

. Jiang was a

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of the 11th National People's Congress.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Jianzeng 1949 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei People's Liberation Army Air Force generals People from Huanggang Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress