Liu Zheng

{{Short description|Chinese general}}

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| office1 = Deputy Director of the PLA General Logistics Department

| term_start1 = December 2012

| term_end1 = November 2014

| predecessor1 = {{ill|Ding Jiye|zh|丁继业}}

| successor1 = {{ill|Zhou Songhe|zh|周松和}}

| name = Liu Zheng

| native_name = 刘铮

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| birth_place = Yingkou, Liaoning, China

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Liu Zheng (born August 1954) is a retired lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as Deputy Head of the PLA General Logistics Department. In November 2014 he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.{{cite news |url=http://eng.mod.gov.cn/DefenseNews/2015-01/16/content_4565125.htm |title=PLA officers placed under investigation |newspaper=mod.gov.cn |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 }}

Liu was a member of the 12th National People's Congress.{{cite news |url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/delegate/viewDelegate.action?dbid=122805 |title=代表:刘铮 |newspaper=National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China |date=2014 |language=zh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112210040/http://www.npc.gov.cn/delegate/viewDelegate.action?dbid=122805 |archive-date=2014-11-12 }}

Life and career

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Liu was born and raised in Yingkou, Liaoning. He graduated from PLA Second Artillery Engineering University, majoring in electronics and communication engineering. After college, he was assigned to the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD). Liu obtained the rank of major general in July 2006. In December 2009 he was promoted to become Chief of Staff of the GLD, a position he held until December 2012, while he was promoted again to become Deputy Head of the GLD. He attained the rank of lieutenant-general in August 2014. On January 15, 2015, the People's Liberation Army announced that he has been under investigation since December 2014 for "suspected legal violations".{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-military-corruption-idUSKBN0KO18Q20150115 |title=China investigates senior military officials for graft amid crackdown |newspaper=Reuters |date=2015-01-15 }}{{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}}

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Category:1954 births

Category:Living people

Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Liaoning

Category:People from Yingkou

Category:Purged Chinese military officers

Category:Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress