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Fan Xiaojun
范骁骏
Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command

In office
April 2017 – January 2022
Preceded by Chu Yimin
Succeeded by Liu Qingsong
Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Region Air Force

In office
July 2014 – July 2015
Preceded by Yu Zhongfu
Succeeded by Bai Wenqi
Personal details
Born 1956 (age 68–69)
Danyang, Jiangsu
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Service/branch Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service ?−present
Rank PLAAF-0720-GEN Air Force General

Fan Xiaojun (Chinese: 范骁骏; born 1956) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). He had been Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command since April 2017, and formerly served as Director of the Political Department of the PLAAF.

Biography[]

Fan Xiaojun was born in 1956 in Danyang, Jiangsu.[1] He spent his early career in the Chengdu Military Region and the PLA General Political Department before transferring to the PLAAF.[2]

From 2005, Fan served in the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region Air Force and the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force. In 2009, he became Political Commissar of the PLAAF's 15th Airborne Corps, China's only corps-level airborne force.[2]

In the summer of 2014, he succeeded Lt. Gen. Yu Zhongfu as Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Region Air Force, and concurrently Deputy Political Commissar of the Jinan MR. A year later, he replaced Lt. Gen. Fang Jianguo [zh] as Director of the Political Department of the PLAAF, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. In April 2017, he was appointed Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command, succeeding Gen. Chu Yimin to become the first military-region level political commander from the Air Force.[1]

In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[3]

References[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Zhao Yiliang [zh]
Political Commissar of the 15th Airborne Corps
2008–2014
Succeeded by
Guo Puxiao
Preceded by
Yu Zhongfu
Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Region Air Force
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Bai Wenqi
Preceded by
Fang Jianguo [zh]
Director of the Political Department of the PLAAF
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Du Yuanfang [zh]
Preceded by
Chu Yimin
Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command
2017–2022
Succeeded by
Liu Qingsong
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