Yu Yonghong

余永洪
Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2019Preceded byWu GangPolitical Commissar of the 79th Group ArmyIn office
March 2017 – April 2019Preceded byNew titleSucceeded byZhang XiaoPolitical Commissar of the 14th Group ArmyIn office
September 2015 – 2017Preceded byHuang JixiangSucceeded byPosition abolished Personal detailsBornMay 1963 (age 60–61)
Nanchong, Sichuan, ChinaPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaAlma mater
Military serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army Ground ForceRank Lieutenant general

Yu Yonghong (Chinese: 余永洪; pinyin: Yú Yónghóng; born May 1963) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection since April 2019, and formerly served as Political Commissar of the 79th Group Army.

Biography

Yu was born in Nanchong, Sichuan in May 1963. He served in Chengdu Military Region and Tibet Military District for a long time. In April 2011, he was appointed Director of Political Department of the 14th Group Army, a position he held until March 2015, when he was appointed Deputy Director of Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region.[1] He was Political Commissar of the Yunnan Military District in July 2015, and held that office until September 2015.[2] He became Political Commissar of the 14th Group Army in September 2015, and served until March 2017, when he was appointed Political Commissar of the 79th Group Army.[3][4] In April 2019, he rose to become Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection, replacing Wu Gang. On December 11, 2019, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping.[5]

References

  1. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (8 April 2015). 余琨、余永洪少将双双升任成都军区政治部副主任. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ Wang Jun (王俊) (29 July 2015). 成都军区政治部原副主任余永洪调任云南省军区政委，补缺石晓. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ Wang Jun (王俊) (30 September 2015). 云南省军区原政委余永洪少将任第14集团军政委，接棒黄集骧. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (17 July 2017). 原第14集团军政委余永洪已任新组建的第79集团军政委. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ Song Guoqing (宋国庆); Li Xiaojing (李晓婧) (11 December 2019). 刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by
Shi Xiao (石晓)
 Political Commissar of the Yunnan Military District
2015–2015 		Succeeded by
Yu Kun (余琨)
Preceded by
Huang Jixiang (黄集骧)
 Political Commissar of the 14th Group Army
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
New title Political Commissar of the 79th Group Army
2017–2019 		Succeeded by
Zhang Xiao (张晓)
Preceded by
Wu Gang (吴刚)
 Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection
2019 		Incumbent