Yu Zhongfu
{{Short description|Chinese general and political commisar}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Air Force General
|name = Yu Zhongfu
|native_name = 于忠福
|native_name_lang = zh-Hans-CN
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|office = 13th Political Commissar of the PLA Air Force
|term_start = July 2015
|term_end = January 2022
|predecessor = Tian Xiusi
|successor = Guo Puxiao
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956|7}}
|birth_place = Laiyang, Shandong, China
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|party = Chinese Communist Party
|alma_mater = Central China Normal University
Central Party School
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|allegiance = {{Flag|China}}
|branch = {{Air force|China}}
|serviceyears = 1974 – present
|rank = 25px Air Force General
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Yu Zhongfu ({{zh |c = 于忠福 }}; born July 1956) is a general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. Having served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, he was appointed Political Commissar of the PLAAF in July 2015. He was replaced by general Guo Puxiao in January 2022.
Biography
Yu Zhongfu was born in July 1956 in Laiyang, Shandong Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1974, initially serving in the Wuhan Military Region. He is a graduate of Central China Normal University and the Central Party School, and holds a master's degree.{{cite news |url = http://renwuku.news.ifeng.com/index/detail/998/yuzhongfu |title=Yu Zhongfu |publisher=Phoenix New Media |date=7 July 2015 |language = zh }}
Yu has served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, and successively held the positions of political commissar of the 19th and then 24th Air Force divisions, and deputy director of the political department of the Nanjing Military Region.{{cite news |url = http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/topnews/2015-07/3043035.html?bsh_bid=677928789 |script-title = zh:三大军区空军主官入京 于忠福任空军政委 |newspaper=Ta Kung Pao |date=8 July 2015 |language = zh }}
When Xi Jinping was in charge of Shanghai as the municipality's Communist Party secretary in 2007, Yu served as political commissar of the Air Force Shanghai Command.{{cite journal |url=http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/articles/2015/08/13-promoting-young-guards-purges-and-reshuffles/promoting-young-guards-the-recent-high-turnover-in-the-pla-leadership--part-1--purges-and-reshuffles.pdf |title=Promoting "Young Guards": The Recent High Turnover in the PLA Leadership (Part I: Purges and Reshuffles) |author=Cheng Li |author-link=Cheng Li |journal=China Leadership Monitor |issue=48 |date=August 2015 |page=8}} He then worked as director of the political department of the Lanzhou Military Region Air Force, and deputy director of the political department of the PLAAF.
After Xi Jinping became the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the top leader of China in 2012, Yu Zhongfu changed his leadership positions three times within three years. In November 2012, he was appointed political commissar of the Jinan Military Region Air Force as well as deputy political commissar of the Jinan MR. In July 2014, he became political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force and deputy political commissar of the Nanjing MR, succeeding Lieutenant General Song Kun, who had been promoted to deputy political commissar of the PLAAF. Yu attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhong jiang) soon afterwards.{{cite web |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/07/the-rise-of-chinas-nanjing-military-region/ |title=The Rise of China's Nanjing Military Region |author=Bo Zhiyue |work=The Diplomat |date=15 July 2015}}{{cite news |url = http://china.caixin.com/2015-07-07/100826201.html |script-title = zh:2015夏季将领调整 于忠福升任空军政委 |website = Caixin |date=7 July 2015 |language= zh }}
In July 2015, Yu replaced the retiring general Tian Xiusi as the 13th political commissar of the PLA Air Force, and became the superior of his predecessor Song Kun. On July 28, 2017, he was promoted to the rank of General.{{cite web |url = http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170728/51524178_0.shtml |title = 中部战区司令员韩卫国等5人晋升为上将 |author = |date = 2017-07-28 |publisher = Ifeng |language = zh }}
Personal
Yu Zhongfu is also a writer and calligrapher. Several of his articles have won military research awards, and he has been called the "calligrapher of the armed forces".
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