Xu Deqing
{{Short description|Chinese general}}
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| birth_place = Chongqing County, Sichuan, China
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Xu Deqing ({{zh|c=徐德清|p=Xú Déqīng}}; born July 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling in January 2022. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news|author1=Yi Yi ({{lang|zh|伊一}})|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201709/06/t20170906_25789971.shtml |script-title=zh:解放军和武警部队选举产生303名出席党的十九大代表(名单) |work=ce.cn |date=6 September 2017 |access-date=23 January 2022 |language=zh}}
Biography
Xu was born in Chongqing County (now Chongzhou), Sichuan, in July 1963. In April 2013, he became deputy political commissar of the 13th Group Army, and was promoted to become political commissar of the 47th Group Army in August 2015. He was political commissar of the 71st Group Army in March 2017, and held that office until April 2018, when he was elevated to political commissar of the Western Theater Command Ground Force. In January 2022, he rose to become political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling.{{cite news |title=Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers to rank of general |url=http://www.news.cn/english/20220121/95bb8173d00d4a9b81128c9a77f9601e/c.html |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=21 January 2022}}
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 and general (shangjiang) in January 2022.{{cite news |author1=Mei Changwei ({{lang|zh|梅常伟}}) |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/leaders/2022-01/21/c_1128288122.htm |script-title=zh:中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式 习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺 |work=news.cn |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=23 January 2022 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122233958/http://www.news.cn/politics/leaders/2022-01/21/c_1128288122.htm |archive-date=22 January 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
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{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the 71st Group Army|years=2017–2018}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command|years=2022–present}}
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{{Generals of the Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army}}
{{Generals of the People's Republic of China in active service}}
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Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Sichuan
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan
Category:Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party