Wei Liang

Wei Liang
Wei Liang
魏亮
Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command
	In office; February 2016 – April 2018
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Wang Jianwu
Political Commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region
	In office; October 2012 – January 2016
Preceded by	Zhang Yang
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Personal details
Born	February 1953 (age 73); Gaochun County, Jiangsu, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank	General

Wei Liang (Chinese: 魏亮; pinyin: Wèi Liàng; born February 1953) is a retired general (shangjiang) in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command.

Biography

Originally from Gaochun County (now Gaochun District), Jiangsu, Wei served in the 26th Army, then the People's Armed Police, before joining the Guangzhou Military Region in a leadership position. He earned the rank of General in July 2014. Between 2012 and 2016, he was the Political Commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region. He was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Military offices

Preceded by

Director of the Political Department of the 12th Group Army
2000–2002

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Dai Changjiu

Deputy Political Commissar of the 12th Group Army
2004

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Chen Lijiu

Political Commissar of the Jiangxi Military District
2004

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Political Commissar of the 26th Group Army
2004–2009

Succeeded by

Li Jingwen

Preceded by

Political Commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region
2012–2016

Succeeded by

Position revoked

New title

Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command
2016–2018

Succeeded by

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