Wu Shezhou

Wu Shezhou
吴社洲
Political Commissar of the Western Theater Command
Assumed office
January 2017
Preceded by Zhu Fuxi
Personal details
Born 1958 (age 59–60)
Hanchuan, Hubei, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch PLA Ground Force
Years of service ?−present
Rank Lieutenant General

Wu Shezhou (Chinese: 吴社洲; born 1958) is a lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. He has been Political Commissar of the Western Theater Command since January 2017.

Biography

Wu Shezhou was born in Hanchuan, Hubei Province in 1958, and served in the Guangzhou Military Region for most of his career.[1]

He served as Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Guangzhou MR until late 2012, when we was appointed Political Commissar of the Joint Logistics Department of the Guangzhou MR. In late 2014, he was transferred to the Jinan Military Region to serve as its Director of the Political Department, succeeding Jiang Yong (姜勇).[1] During President Xi Jinping's military reform, in early 2016 Wu was appointed Political Commissar of the Ground Force of the newly established Central Theater Command, and concurrently as Deputy Political Commissar of the Central TC. In July he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.[1]

In January 2017 Wu was promoted to Political Commissar of the strategic Western Theater Command, replacing General Zhu Fuxi. It was an unusual move because at the age of 61, Zhu had not reached the retirement age of 65 for an officer of his rank. At the time of his appointment Wu was the youngest of the ten top officers of China's five theater commands.[2]

In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "中共十九大前 高级将领密集调整到位". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). 3 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Young star tipped to become political commissar for PLA's western command". South China Morning Post. 24 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua News Agency. 24 October 2017.
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