Yang Guoping
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| office1 = Commander of the People's Armed Police
| term_start1 = February 1996
| term_end1 = December 1999
| predecessor1 = Ba Zhongtan
| successor1 = Wu Shuangzhan
| office2 = Chief of Staff of the Jinan Military Region
| term_start2 = April 1990
| term_end2 = December 1993
| 1blankname2 = Commander
| 1namedata2 = Zhang Wannian
Zhang Taiheng
| predecessor2 = Ma Weizhi
| successor2 = Qian Guoliang
| name = Yang Guoping
| native_name = 杨国屏
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1934|10}}
| birth_place = Zhongxiang County, Hubei, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = PLA Military Academy
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People's Armed Police (1996–1998)
| serviceyears = 1950–1999
| unit = 64th Group Army
| commands = Shenyang Military Region
Jinan Military Region
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Yang Guoping ({{zh|s=杨国屏}}; born October 1934) is a general in the People's Armed Police of China who served as its commander from 1996 to 1999. He was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/FBHPKU1O0535CD6Z.html |script-title=zh:武警部队历任司令员，37年中共有8位司令员，有四位上将三位中将 |work=163.com |date=1 May 2020 |access-date=3 July 2022 |language=zh}}
Biography
Yang was born in Zhongxiang County (now Zhongxiang), Hubei, in October 1934.{{cite news|author1=Zhao Feng ({{lang|zh|兆丰}})|url=https://finance.ifeng.com/c/7rv1QlrAgch |script-title=zh:我所认识的杨国屏与徐永清 |work=ifeng.com |date=26 November 2019 |access-date=3 July 2022 |language=zh}} He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in March 1950, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1956. He became a surveyor in the Northeast China Military District (reshuffled as Shenyang Military Region in 1955) in October 1951, and was promoted to head of Operational Division of Command Department in December 1980. He was chief of staff of the 64th Group Army in May 1983 and deputy chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region in August 1985. He was promoted to chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region in April 1990. In December 1993, he was promoted again to become its deputy commander. He was appointed vice president of the PLA National Defence University in December 1994, and served until February 1996, when he was named commander of the People's Armed Police. His predecessor Ba Zhongtan resigned due to the murder of Li Peiyao, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/02/27/china-fires-jiang-protege/9169b0e4-26d7-4c24-9ff0-58918d4115c9|title=China Fires Jiang Protege|date=27 February 1996|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=3 July 2022}}{{cite news|url=http://photo.takungpao.com.hk/history/2013-02/1271424_7.html|script-title=zh:全國人大常委會副委員長李沛瑤遭警衛殺害|date=4 February 2013|newspaper=Ta Kung Pao|access-date=3 July 2022|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092608/http://photo.takungpao.com.hk/history/2013-02/1271424_7.html|url-status=dead}}
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1993, and general (shangjiang) in 1998.
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Category:People from Zhongxiang
Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei
Category:Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party