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Xu Xueqiang

General of the People's Liberation Army

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Biography

Xu was born in Yiyang, Hunan province in November 1962. He served in PLA Air Force Shanghai Base before being appointed as chief of staff of Nanjing Military Region Air Force in December 2013. In 2016, he was appointed chief of staff of the newly founded Eastern Theater Command Air Force, a position he held until August 2017, when he was transferred to Northern Theater Command Air Force and appointed commander. In August 2021, he was appointed president of PLA National Defence University, succeeding Zheng He.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2013, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 and general (shangjiang) in September 2021.

On 26 June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress removed Xu as a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress.

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