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

05 Jan 09 Hu Jintao and his predecessor Jiang Zemin mourned the recent death of Chen Heqiao, former political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps.
04 Jan 09 Hu Jintao met with delegates to a plenary session of the Committee of the Chinese People's Armed Police Corps (PAPC).
01 Jan 09 Hu Jintao and Chinese top leaders attended the New Year tea party held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
31 Dec 08 Wen Jiabao presided over an executive meeting of the State Council, or Cabinet.
30 Dec 08 Hu Jintao made remarks in a recent meeting with senior military leaders.
29 Dec 08 Travelled to Beijing, Haidian District and met with the following:
Seyran Oganyan (Armenian Defense Minister)
Guo Boxiong and Liang Guanglie met with Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Oganyan.
22 Dec 08 Wu Bangguo presided over the First plenary session of the sixth session of the 11th NPC Standing Committee.
18 Dec 08 Hu Jintao delivered a speech during the conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the convening of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee.
16 Dec 08 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Tariq Majid (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan)
Xi Jinping and Liang Guanglie met with Tariq Majid, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan.
11 Dec 08 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Anatoly Serdyukov (Russian Defense Minister)
Hu Jintao met with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.


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