Yu Guang
禹光
Deputy Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
In office
July 2018 – December 2021
Political CommissarWang Jiasheng→Xu Zhongbo
Personal details
BornOctober 1958 (age 65)
Shaodong County, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank Lieutenant general

Yu Guang (Chinese: 禹光; pinyin: Yǔ Guāng; born October 1958) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force from 2018 to 2021.

He was an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

Yu was born in the town of Tuanshan, Shaodong County (now Shaodong), Hunan, in October 1958. He served in the People's Liberation Army General Political Department for a long time. In December 2014, he was appointed head of the Publicity Division of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department, succeeding Zhou Tao (major general). He was promoted to assistant director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission in January 2016, and was promoted again to deputy director in July 2017.[2][3] One year later, he was commissioned as deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in December 2011 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2018.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nie Chenjing (聂晨静), ed. (24 October 2017). 中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Wang Jun (王俊) (14 February 2017). 禹光少将晋升副战区级，曾任中央军委政治工作部主任助理. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (16 February 2017). 禹光少将任军委政治工作部副主任. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ↑ 火箭军副政委禹光晋升中将，王兆军等5人晋升少将. qq.com (in Chinese). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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