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Xu Deqing

b. 1963

Chinese military officer

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Born 1963. Xu Deqing is a Chinese military personnel.

Xu Deqing (; born July 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling in January 2022. He has served a representative of the 19th and 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography Xu was born in Chongqing County (now Chongzhou), Sichuan, in July 1963. In April 2013, he became deputy political commissar of the 13th Group Army, and was promoted to become political commissar of the 47th Group Army in August 2015. He was political commissar of the 71st Group Army in March 2017, and held that office until April 2018, when he was elevated to political commissar of the Western Theater Command Ground Force. In January 2022, he rose to become political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 and general (shangjiang) in January 2022.

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Chinese military officer

When was Xu Deqing born?

Xu Deqing was born in 1963 in Chongzhou.

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