Liu Zhenli (general)

Liu Zhenli
Liu Zhenli
刘振立
Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 2022
Preceded by	Li Zuocheng
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
	In office; June 2021 – September 2022
Preceded by	Han Weiguo
Succeeded by	Li Qiaoming
Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
	In office; December 2015 – June 2021
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Huang Ming
Chief of Staff of People's Armed Police
	In office; July 2015 – December 2015
Preceded by	Niu Zhizhong
Succeeded by	Qin Tian
Personal details
Born	August 1964 (age 60); Luancheng County, Hebei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1983–present
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘振立
Traditional Chinese	劉振立
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liǘ Zhènlì

Liu Zhenli (Chinese: 刘振立; born August 1964) is a general (4 star) (Shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), currently serving as chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission. He was commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from June 2021 to December 2022.^[1]

Biography

Liu was born in Luancheng County, Hebei, in August 1964. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in September 1983 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1984. He graduated from the PLA National Defence University.^{[citation needed]}

In 1986, he participated in the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991). In the war, he and his men successfully defended the line against repeated the People's Army of Vietnam assaults for 36 times.^{[citation needed]}

He was chief of staff of the 65th Group Army in December 2009, commander of the army in February 2012, and commander of the 38th Group Army in March 2014.^{[citation needed]}

He was transferred to the People's Armed Police in July 2015 and appointed chief of staff.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2015, he became the first chief of staff of the newly reshuffled People's Liberation Army Ground Force. In June 2021, he was made commander of the army.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2022, he was commissioned as chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.^[2]^[3]^[4]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (Shaojiang) in December 2010, lieutenant general (Zhongjiang) in July 2016, and general (Shangjiang) in July 2021.^[5]

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Military offices
Preceded by Xu Linping [zh]	Commander of the 38th Group Army 2014–2015	Succeeded by Wang Yinfang [zh]
Preceded by Niu Zhizhong	Chief of Staff of People's Armed Police 2015–2015	Succeeded by Qin Tian
New title	Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force 2015–2021	Succeeded by Huang Ming
Preceded by Han Weiguo	Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force 2021–2022	Succeeded by Li Qiaoming
Preceded by Li Zuocheng	Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission 2022–present	Incumbent