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He Ping
何平
Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 2017
Preceded by Zheng Weiping
Personal details
Born November 1957 (age 67)
Nanchong, Sichuan, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Service/branch PLA Ground Force
Years of service ?−present
Rank PLALtGeneral r Llieutenant General

He Ping (Chinese: 何平; born November 1957) is a lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command since September 2017.

Biography[]

He Ping was born in November 1957 in Nanchong, Sichuan Province.[1][2]

He spent most of his career in the former Chengdu Military Region. In 2008 he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the 14th Group Army, and attained the rank of major general the next year. He became Deputy Political Commissar of the 14th Army in 2011, and Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Chengdu MR and Political Commissar of the Joint Logistics Department of the Chengdu MR in 2013. In July 2014 he was appointed Political Commissar of the Intelligence Department of the former PLA General Staff Department.[1][2]

In 2016, He was appointed Director of the Political Department of the newly established Western Theater Command. In September 2017, he was transferred and promoted to Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command, succeeding General Zheng Weiping.[1][2]

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

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