Xu Yaoyuan
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| office1 = Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences
| term_start1 = December 2014
| term_end1 = January 2017
| predecessor1 = Sun Sijing
| successor1 = Fang Xiang
| office2 = Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police
| term_start2 = July 2010
| term_end2 = December 2014
| predecessor2 = Yu Linxiang
| successor2 = Sun Sijing
| name = Xu Yaoyuan
| native_name = 许耀元
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| birth_place = Wujiang County, Jiangsu, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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Xu Yaoyuan ({{zh|s=许耀元}}; born December 1952) is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science and was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
Xu was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu in December 1952. He enlisted in the PLA in 1969, and served in the 23rd Army. In 1997 he entered the PLA General Political Department (GPD); in 2004 he was put in charge of the cadres department of the GPD. In 2007 he became assistant to the director of the Department. In 2010 he attained the rank of lieutenant general, and became Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police. In July 2012 he was promoted to full general.{{cite news|title=中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式 |url=http://news.mod.gov.cn/headlines/2012-07/31/content_4387963.htm |access-date=2012-07-31 |website=中华人民共和国国防部 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801014045/http://news.mod.gov.cn/headlines/2012-07/31/content_4387963.htm |archive-date=August 1, 2012 }} In December 2014, Xu replaced General Sun Sijing as Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science.{{cite news |title=解放军高层调动大幕拉开 五正大军区级将领履新 |url = http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/topnews/2014-12/2869552.html |access-date=2014-12-25 |publisher=大公报}}
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Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu
Category:Politicians from Suzhou
Category:Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Political commissars of the People's Armed Police
Category:Political commissars of the PLA Academy of Military Science
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu