Commander of the PLA Ground Force

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Commander of the PLA Ground Force
中国人民解放军陆军司令员
Incumbent
Li Qiaoming
since September 2022
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force
TypeCommanding officer
Reports toChief of the Joint Staff
AppointerMilitary Chairman
FormationJanuary 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01)
First holderLi Zuocheng

The Commander of the PLA Ground Force (Chinese: 中国人民解放军陆军司令员; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn lùjūn sīlìng yuán) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The current commander is General Liu Zhenli.

List of commanders[edit]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 General
Li Zuocheng
(born 1953)
January 2016 August 2017 1 year, 7 months [1]
2 General
Han Weiguo
(born 1956)
August 2017 June 2021 3 years, 10 months [2]
3 General
Liu Zhenli
(born 1964)
June 2021 September 2022 1 year, 3 months [3]
4 General
Li Qiaoming
(born 1961)
September 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 7 months [4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 李作成出任解放军陆军司令员 刘雷任陆军政委 [Li Zuocheng appointed as PLA army commander Liu Lei appointed as army political commissar]. Sina. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  2. ^ 韩卫国上将已履新陆军司令员 接替李作成上将 [Admiral Han Weiguo has taken up the post of commander of the new army to replace Admiral Li Zuocheng]. Tencent. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  3. ^ Yu Hui (余晖) (5 July 2021). 四位将军同时晋升上将!职务均系首次披露. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "China promotes General Li Qiaoming to commander of PLA ground force". South China Morning Post. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-02-15.