An Zhaoqing
{{Short description|Chinese general}}
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| term_start1 = April 2019
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| successor1 = Zhang Hongbing
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| birth_place = Lanxi County, Heilongjiang, China
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An Zhaoqing ({{zh|s=安兆庆}}; born May 1957) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China who served as political commissar of the People's Armed Police from 2019 to 2022. He a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news|author1=Yang Ting ({{lang|zh|杨婷}})|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//politics/19cpcnc/2017-10/24/c_1121848878.htm?baike |script-title=zh:十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=zh}} He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.
Biography
An was born into a Sibe family in Lanxi County, Heilongjiang, in May 1957. He served in the Air Force of Shenyang Military Region for a long time before being appointed deputy director of its Political Department in 2009. He rose to become director of the Political Department of the Air Force of Nanjing Military Region in 2013 and one year later become deputy political commissar of Guangzhou Military Region and political commissar of the Air Force of Guangzhou Military Region (later reshuffled as Southern Theater Command Air Force).{{cite news|author1=Yue Huairang ({{lang|zh|岳怀让}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1430294 |script-title=zh:徐安祥出任南部战区空军司令员，安兆庆任政委 |work=thepaper |date=6 February 2016 |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=zh}} In December 2016, he was appointed political commissar of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission,{{cite news|author1=Yue Huairang ({{lang|zh|岳怀让}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1605134 |script-title=zh:南部战区空军政委安兆庆升任军委装备发展部政委 |work=thepaper |date=20 January 2017 |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=zh}} he remained in that position until April 2019, when he was commissioned as political commissar of the People's Armed Police.{{cite news|author1=Xu Tengfei ({{lang|zh|许腾飞}})|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-05-02/doc-ihvhiqax6289475.shtml |script-title=zh:中央委员中将安兆庆已出任武警部队政委 |work=sina |date=2 May 2019 |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=zh}}
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2009, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016, and general (shangjiang) in July 2019.{{cite news|author1=Jiang Ziwen ({{lang|zh|蒋子文}})|author2=Yue Huairang ({{lang|zh|岳怀让}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1509153 |script-title=zh:空军举行将官晋衔仪式：刘德伟安兆庆晋升中将，8人晋升少将 |work=thepaper |date=5 August 2016 |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=zh}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the Air Force of Guangzhou Military Region|years=2014–2015}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command Air Force|years=2016–2017}}
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{{s-bef|before=Wang Hongyao}}
{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission|years=2017–2019}}
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{{s-bef|before=Zhu Shengling}}
{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police|years=2019–2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Zhang Hongbing}}
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Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Heilongjiang
Category:Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress
Category:Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party