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Han Weiguo (Chinese: 韩卫国; born January 1956) is a general (shang jiang) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Commander of the PLA Ground Force since August 2017, and formerly served as the inaugural Commander of the Central Theater Command.

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Originally from Jingxing County, Hebei, Han is a graduate of the PLA National Defense University. He served as the commander of the 12th Group Army, then in December 2013, the deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region (now defunct). He was promoted to lieutenant general in 2015. After the 2016 re-organization of the PLA, he was named Commander of the Central Theater Command; at that time he was only one of two lieutenant generals named to commander or commissar positions in the re-organized Theater Command structure.[1] He was promoted to the rank of General on July 28, 2017.[2] In August 2017, Han was named the commander of the PLA Ground Force, succeeding General Li Zuocheng.[3]

In 2013, Han became a deputy to the 12th National People's Congress.[4] In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[5]

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