Fan Changmi
{{Short description|Chinese lieutenant general}}
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| office1 = Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region
| term_start1 = July 2014
| term_end1 = December 2014
| predecessor1 = Miao Hua
| successor1 = Kang Chunyuan
| office2 = Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region
| term_start2 = July 2012
| term_end2 = July 2014
| predecessor2 = Miao Hua
| successor2 = Xu Yuanlin
| office3 = Political Commissar of the 47th Army
| term_start3 = December 2006
| term_end3 = July 2012
| predecessor3 = Chu Yimin
| successor3 = Zhang Fuji
| name = Fan Changmi
| native_name = 范长秘
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955|6}}
| birth_place = Laoling, Shandong, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party (1974–2016; expelled)
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| alma_mater = PLA Army Command College
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| allegiance = {{flag|People's Republic of China}}
| branch = {{army|China}}
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| rank = 50px Lieutenant general
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Fan Changmi ({{zh|s=范长秘}}; born June 1955) is a former lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army of China.{{cite news |title = 兰州军区政治部主任范长秘晋升为中将军衔 |url = http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/renshi/detail_2013_07/28/28001234_0.shtml |access-date=2014-01-09 |website=Ifeng |language=zh }} In December 2014, he was under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.{{cite news|url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2015-01/16/content_34573904_3.htm |title= 16 PLA officers placed under investigation|newspaper=Chinadaily |date=2015-01-16 }} He served as Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region, one of the seven military regions in China, but was placed under investigation for corruption in 2014.{{cite news |url=http://eng.mod.gov.cn/DefenseNews/2015-01/16/content_4565125.htm |title=PLA officers placed under investigation |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=2015-01-16 |access-date=2015-01-18 |archive-date=2018-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015406/http://eng.mod.gov.cn/DefenseNews/2015-01/16/content_4565125.htm |url-status=dead }}
Fan was an alternate of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 11th National People's Congress.{{cite news |title=范长秘 |url=http://military.people.com.cn/GB/8221/85297/214177/214815/13987742.html |access-date=2014-01-09 |newspaper=People's Daily |language=zh |archive-date=2018-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015411/http://military.people.com.cn/GB/8221/85297/214177/214815/13987742.html |url-status=dead }}
Life and career
Fan was born and raised in Laoling, Shandong. He graduated from PLA Ground Force Command Academy in Nanjing.
He joined the People's Liberation Army in December 1972, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1974. In 1998 he was appointed head of propaganda of the political department of the 47th Group Army, a position he held until 1999, when he was appointed head of Propaganda of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region, later Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army. He attained the rank of major general in July 2004. In November 2005, he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the Xinjiang Military District, he remained in that position until December 2006, when he was transferred to the Nanjing Military Region, and appointed Political Commissar of the 47th Army. Fan served as Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou MR from July 2012 to July 2014, and was appointed Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou MR in July 2014.{{cite news|title=解放军上月调整14副大军区级以上将领 两大舰队换帅|url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2012_08/02/16502521_0.shtml?_from_ralated|access-date=2012-08-02|newspaper=Ifeng|language=zh}}{{cite news|title=兰州军区10名将领晋衔 苗华以政委职务主持仪式|url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0708/c1001-25254913.html|access-date=2014-07-08|publisher=People.com|archive-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015416/http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0708/c1001-25254913.html|url-status=dead}} In December 2014, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.{{cite web|title=中国军方公布16名军级以上领导干部重大贪腐案件 |url=http://www.chinanews.com/mil/2015/01-15/6973243.shtml|access-date=2015-01-15|publisher=Chinanews |language=zh}}
References
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{{s-bef|rows=3|before=Chu Yimin}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army|years=2003–2005}}
{{s-aft|after={{ill|Wu Yude|zh|武玉德}}}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director of the Political Department of Xinjiang Military Region|years=2005–2006}}
{{s-aft|after=Deng Ningfeng}}
{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the 47th Army|years=2006–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=Zhang Fuji ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|张福基}})}}
{{s-bef|before=Miao Hua|rows=2}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region|years =2012–2014}}
{{s-aft|after=Xu Yuanlin ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|徐远林}})}}
{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region|years=2014–2014}}
{{s-aft|after=Kang Chunyuan ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|康春元}})}}
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Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong
Category:Deputy political commissars of the Lanzhou Military Region
Category:Directors of the political department of the Lanzhou Military Region
Category:Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress
Category:Alternates of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:People's Liberation Army Nanjing Military Command College alumni
Category:People's Liberation Army generals convicted of corruption