He Weirong

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He Weirong
何为荣
Air Force (PLAAF) Lieutenant General He Weirong 空军中将何为荣 (Gen. Paul V. Hester and Chinese Lt. Gen. He Weirong await to receive the People's Liberation Army Air Force mission briefing July 24 in Beijing.).png
Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force
In office
December 2005 – 2012
CommanderXu Qiliang
Chief of Staff of the PLA Air Force
In office
July 2003 – December 2005
Preceded by
Succeeded byZhao Zhongxin
Commander of the Jinan Military Region Air Force
In office
January 2003 – July 2003
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
BornOctober 1949 (age 72)
Yichang, Hubei, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service1966–2012
RankPLALtGeneral r.png Air Force General
In this Chinese name, the family name is He.

He Weirong (Chinese: 何为荣; born October 1949) is a retired lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He served as Chief of Staff and then Executive Deputy Commander of the PLAAF.

Biography[]

He Weirong was born in October 1949 in Yichang, Hubei Province. He joined the PLAAF in 1966 and studied at the Air Force aviation school. In 1999 he graduated from the corps-level officer training program at PLA National Defence University.[1]

He commanded the Sixth Fighter Division and was deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region and commander of the Jinan MR Air Force (2003). He was appointed PLAAF chief of staff in 2003, before assuming his current position in 2005. As executive deputy commander of the PLAAF, He was responsible for operations and training.[2]

He attained the rank of major general in 1993, and lieutenant general in June 2004.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "He Weirong" (in Chinese). National Chengchi University. 5 June 2015.
  2. ^ You Ji (2012). "Meeting the Challenge of the Upcoming PLAAF Leadership Reshuffle". The Chinese Air Force: Evolving Concepts, Roles, and Capabilities (PDF). National Defense University Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-16-091386-0.

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