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Sun Dafa

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Sun Dafa
Tôn quá độ
Political Commissar of thePeople's Liberation Army General Logistics Department
In office
July 2005 – December 2010
Preceded byZhang Wentai
Succeeded byLiu Yuan
Personal details
BornNovember 1945
Jinzhai County,Anhui,China
Died26 September 2019(2019-09-26)(aged 73)
Beijing,China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA National Defence University
Military service
AllegianceChinese Communist Party
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1964–2011
RankGeneral
Chinese name
Simplified ChineseTônĐạiPhát
Traditional ChineseTônĐạiPhát
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Dàfā

Sun Dafa(Chinese:Tôn quá độ;November 1945 – 26 September 2019) was a general of thePeople's Liberation Army(PLA) who served asPolitical Commissarof thePLA General Logistics Department.

Biography

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Sun was born in November 1945 inJinzhai,Anhui,Republic of China.[1]He enlisted in thePeople's Liberation Armyin 1964 and joined theChinese Communist Partyin 1968.[2]

After 1977, he served as the secretary ofLi Desheng,then the commander of theShenyang Military Region.[1]In May 1984, he was appointedPolitical Commissarof the 115th Division of the39th Group Army.In June 1990, he was promoted to Director of the Political Department of the16th Group Army,and attained the rank of major general. He was later promoted to political commissar of the 16th Army.[2]

In January 1999, Sun became Director of the Political Department of theShenyang Military Region,and attained the rank of lieutenant general in 2000. He was transferred to theNanjing Military Regionin August 2003 and became Director of the Political Department there. In January 2005, he became vice political commissar and secretary of discipline commission of the Nanjing Military Region. From 2005, he served as Political Commissar of thePLA General Logistics Department.He was made a full general in June 2007.[2]

Sun was a member of the17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]He graduated fromPLA National Defense Universityand has authored some military books, for exampleHigh-Tech War Strategy(Kỹ thuật cao chiến tranh mưu lược).[citation needed]

Sun died inBeijingon 26 September 2019, aged 73.[1]

References

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  1. ^abcYue, Huairang (2019-09-27)."Nguyên tổng hậu cần bộ chính ủy tôn quá độ thượng tướng qua đời, hưởng thọ 74 tuổi".The Paper.Retrieved2019-09-29.
  2. ^abcd"Biography of Sun Dafa".China Vitae.Retrieved27 December2010.
Military offices
Preceded by Director of the Political Department of theNanjing Military Region
2003–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Nanjing Military Region
2004–2005
Preceded by Political Commissar of thePLA General Logistics Department
2005 – 2010
Succeeded by