Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/18/2008
Career Data Updated: 4/8/2008

PHOTO: Liang Guanglie
Liang Guanglie 梁光烈
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC; State Councilor, State Council; Minister, Ministry of National Defense
Born: 1940

Biography

Liang Guanglie, male, Han nationality, is a native of Santai, Sichuan Province. He was born in 1940 and holds the equivalent of a technical college degree. Liang became a member of the CPC in 1958 and the following year joined the CPC.

Liang spent most of the 1970s with the Wuhan Military Area Command, serving as deputy section chief and deputy director of the combat department.

In 1982, he returned to school as a student at the Military College. The following year, he became deputy commander of the PLA's Army Corps. After studying at the National Defense University, Liang was promoted to major general.

An alternate member of the both the 13th and 14th CPC Central Committees, Liang was chief of staff at the Beijing Military Region and a standing member of the command's Party Committee. He then became the deputy commander-in-chief of the command region before leaving for the Shenyang Military Region in 1995. The same year, he was promoted to lieutenant general.

From 2002 to 2007, he served as chief of the general staff at the PLA. He is currently a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee a member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission, State Councilor of the State Council and Minister of the Ministry of National Defense.

Career Data

2008— Minister, Ministry of National Defense
2008— State Councilor, State Council
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2003— Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC
2002— General, PLA
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2002—2007 Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
1999—2002 Commander, PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997—1999 Commander, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region
1995—2002 Lieutenant General, PLA
1995—1997 Deputy Commander, PLA, Regions, Beijing Military Region Beijing Municipality
1993—1995 Chief of Staff, PLA, Regions, Beijing Military Region Beijing Municipality
1988—1995 Major General, PLA
1987—1992 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1983—1993 Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force)
1982—1987 Alternate Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
1979—1983 Division Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Division Command
1970—1979 Deputy Director, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Headquarters
1964—1970 Campaign Staff Member, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Headquarters
1963—1964 Student, Xinyang Infantry School Henan Province
1960—1963 Platoon Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force)
1959 Joined, PLA
1958 Joined, CPC

Recent Travel & Appearances

12 Mar 10 Hu Jintao delivered an important speech while attending a plenary meeting of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) deputies to the Third Session of the 11th NPC.
07 Mar 10 Guo Boxiong attended the panel discussion of the PLA delegation to the 3th Session of the 11th NPC.
05 Mar 10 Wen Jiabao delivered a government work report during the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 11th NPC.
03 Mar 10 Jia Qinglin delivered a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee at the Third Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee.
02 Mar 10 Hu Jintao and high-ranking military officials watched a play honoring an outstanding military archivist.
28 Feb 10 Hu Jintao and top leaders attended Lantern Festival celebrations.
25 Feb 10 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Yoshifumi Hibako (Chief-of-Staff of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces)
Liang Guanglie met with Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces chief of staff Yoshifumi Hibako.
12 Feb 10 Hu Jintao and top leaders attended the gathering, held by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council.
10 Feb 10 Wen Jiabao chaired an executive meeting of the State Council.
06 Feb 10 Hu Jintao and top leaders attended Spring Festival celebration.


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