Yang Jinshan
Yang Jinshan | |
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Dương kim sơn | |
| Commander of theTibet Military District | |
| In office December 2009 – July 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Shu Yutai(Thư ngọc thái) |
| Succeeded by | Xu Yong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1954 (age 69) Xi County,Henan,China |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | November 1969 – October 2014 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
| Unit | 14th Group Army |
| Commands | Commander of Tibet Military District (2009–2013) Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region (2013–2014) |
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| Traditional Chinese | Dương kim sơn | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Dương kim sơn | ||||||
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Yang Jinshan(Chinese:Dương kim sơn;born 1954) is a disgraced general in thePeople's Liberation Armyof China. He served as theDeputy CommanderofChengdu Military Regionbetween July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander ofTibet Military Districtfrom December 2009 to July 2013.[1]Yang is a former member of18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,but was expelled from the body in 2014.[2]
Yang was promoted to the rank ofmajor general(shao jiang) in December 2005 and lieutenant general (zhong jiang) in July 2011. Chinese media reported that Yang had close relations withXu Caihou,who is the former Vice Chairman of theCentral Military Commissionand General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Career[edit]
Yang was born in Chengguan Town,Xi County,Henan provincein August 1954. He graduated fromPLA National Defence University.[1][3]Yang joined thePeople's Liberation Armyin November 1969 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1972.[1]
Beginning in 1969, Yang served in several posts in the14th Group Army,including soldier, monitor, staff, battalion commander, andChief of staff.[1][3]From August 1995 to January 2001, he served as Director of Combat Department ofChengdu Military Region.[1][3]Then he served as the Chief of staff of the 14th Group Army.[1][3]He became the Deputy Chief of Staff of Chengdu MR in November 2005, and served until July 2007, when he was appointed Director of Armament Department of Chengdu MR.[1][3]In December 2009, he was promoted to become Commander of Tibet Military District, he remained in that position until July 2013, when he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Chengdu MR.[1][3]
Sometime in 2014, Yang was investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, the military's top anti-graft body. The details of the investigation were not released, as is common practice with military graft cases. In October 2014, Yang was expelled from the Communist Party at theFourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Partyand ejected from the Communist Party's Central Committee.[1]Official sources did not state the reasons for his expulsion, though Chinese-language media have speculated about his links to the corruption cases ofGu JunshanandXu Caihou.[4]
References[edit]
- ^abcdefghiThành đô quân khu phó tư lệnh viên dương kim sơn nghiêm trọng vi kỷ bị khai trừ đảng tịch.Tencent(in Chinese). 2014.
- ^Trung quốc cộng sản đảng đệ thập bát giới trung ương ủy viên hội ủy viên danh đan.Tencent(in Chinese). 2012.
- ^abcdef"Yang Jinshan".China Vitae(in Chinese). 2014.
- ^"Party expels senior military officer for breach of discipline".China.org.2014.