Huang Zuoxing

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Huang Zuoxing
黄作兴
Political Commissar of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
In office
May 2000 – August 2006
Preceded byShi Youlai
Succeeded byWang Jianjun [zh]
Personal details
BornOctober 1948 (age 75)
Wugong County, Shaanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1968–2011
Rank Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Huang Zuoxing (Chinese: 黄作兴; born October 1948) is a retired lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 17th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was a delegate to the 10th National People's Congress.

Biography[edit]

Huang was born in Wugong County, Shaanxi, in October 1948. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in March 1968, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1969. He was assigned to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in 1968, and eventually becoming its political commissar in May 2000. In August 2006, he was promoted to become deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department, a position he held until December 2011.[1][2]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 1997 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2007.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ma Tao (马涛) (31 December 2009). 新一届解放军四总部领导人名单. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. ^ Zhu Pengying (朱鹏英) (31 December 2009). 刘胜任解放军总装备部副部长. chinanews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
Military offices
Preceded by
Shi Youlai
Political Commissar of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
2000–2006
Succeeded by