Chen Bingde
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Chen Bingde | |
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陈炳德 | |
People's Liberation Army General Staff Department | |
In office September 2007 – October 2012 | |
Preceded by | Liang Guanglie |
Succeeded by | Fang Fenghui |
Head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department | |
In office September 2004 – September 2007 | |
Preceded by | Li Jinai |
Succeeded by | Chang Wanquan |
Personal details | |
Born | July 1941 (age 82) General |
Chen Bingde (
PLA General Staff Department. He retired in 2012, and was succeeded by General Fang Fenghui
as chief of General Staff.
Biography
Chen was born July 1941 in Nantong, Jiangsu. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1962 and has been a member of the CCP Central Military Commission since 2004. He was former chief of the Nanjing Military Region, a crucial region in Beijing's military strategy against Taiwan.
In 2004, he was promoted to the director of the General Armaments Department as well as the secretary of CCP's committee. In 2007 he was promoted to head of General Staff Department. He attained the rank of major general in September 1988, lieutenant general in July 1995, and general in 2002. He was a member of CCP's 15th, 16th and 17th central committees.