Yu Yonghong
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Yu Yonghong ({{zh|c=余永洪|p=Yú Yónghóng}}; born May 1963) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection since April 2019, and formerly served as Political Commissar of the 79th Group Army.
Biography
Yu was born in Nanchong, Sichuan in May 1963. He served in Chengdu Military Region and Tibet Military District for a long time. In April 2011, he was appointed Director of Political Department of the 14th Group Army, a position he held until March 2015, when he was appointed Deputy Director of Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region.{{cite news|author1=Yue Huairang ({{lang|zh-Hans|岳怀让}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1318982 |script-title=zh:余琨、余永洪少将双双升任成都军区政治部副主任 |work=thepaper |date=8 April 2015 |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=zh}} He was Political Commissar of the Yunnan Military District in July 2015, and held that office until September 2015.{{cite news|author1=Wang Jun ({{lang|zh-Hans|王俊}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1358077 |script-title=zh:成都军区政治部原副主任余永洪调任云南省军区政委，补缺石晓 |work=thepaper |date=29 July 2015 |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=zh}} He became Political Commissar of the 14th Group Army in September 2015, and served until March 2017, when he was appointed Political Commissar of the 79th Group Army.{{cite news|author1=Wang Jun ({{lang|zh-Hans|王俊}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1380797_1 |script-title=zh:云南省军区原政委余永洪少将任第14集团军政委，接棒黄集骧 |work=thepaper |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=zh}}{{cite news|author1=Yue Huairang ({{lang|zh-Hans|岳怀让}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1735175 |script-title=zh:原第14集团军政委余永洪已任新组建的第79集团军政委 |work=thepaper |date=17 July 2017 |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=zh}} In April 2019, he rose to become Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection, replacing Wu Gang. On December 11, 2019, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping.{{cite news|author1=Song Guoqing ({{lang|zh-Hans|宋国庆}})|author2=Li Xiaojing ({{lang|zh-Hans|李晓婧}})|url=http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2019/12/11/660365.html |script-title=zh:刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔 |work=Beijing News |date=11 December 2019 |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=zh}}
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