Liu Qingsong

Liu Qingsong
Liu Qingsong
刘青松
Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2022
Preceded by	Fan Xiaojun
Deputy Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command
	In office; July 2018 – January 2022
Political Commissar	He Ping
Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Navy
	In office; July 2018 – January 2022
Preceded by	Wang Huayong
Succeeded by	TBA
Personal details
Born	November 1963 (age 58); Zhangqiu County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Air Force (?–2018); People's Liberation Army Navy (2018–present)
Years of service	?–present
Rank	Admiral
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘青松
Traditional Chinese	劉青松
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Qīngsōng

Liu Qingsong (Chinese: 刘青松; born November 1963) is an admiral (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), serving as political commissar of the Northern Theater Command. He previously served as political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Navy and deputy political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command.

Biography[]

Liu was born in Zhangqiu County (now Zhangqiu District of Jinan), Shandong, in November 1963. He served in the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force before being appointed director of the Political Department of the Northern Theater Command Air Force. One year later, he was commissioned as deputy director of the Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.^[1] In July 2018, he rose to become political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Navy and deputy political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command. In January 2022, he was appointed political commissar of the Northern Theater Command.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, vice admiral (zhongjiang) in June 2019, and admiral (shangjiang) in January 2022.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (4 July 2019). 解放军海军举行晋衔仪式，冯丹宇等5位军官晋升海军中将. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Mei Changwei (梅常伟) (21 January 2022). 中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺. news.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

Military offices
Preceded by Wang Huayong (王华勇)	Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Navy 2018–present	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Fan Xiaojun	Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command 2022–present	Incumbent