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Feng Danyu

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Feng Danyu
冯丹宇
Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Assumed office
August 2017
CommanderShen Jinlong
Deputy Head of the Department of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission
In office
July 2016 – August 2017
Director of Co-ordination and Planning Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department
In office
December 2014 – July 2017
Preceded byWang Li (military officer) [zh]
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Director of Military and Arms Equipment Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department
In office
December 2010 – December 2014
Preceded byChen Zaifang [zh]
Succeeded byWang Qingzong
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Cao County, Anhui, China
Political party Chinese Communist Party
RelationsFeng Yuxiang (grandfather)
Parent(s)Feng Hongda
Yu Huaxin
Alma materDalian Naval Academy
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Navy
Rank Vice Admiral

Feng Danyu (simplified Chinese: 冯丹宇; traditional Chinese: 馮丹宇; pinyin: Féng Dānyǔ; born 1962) is a vice admiral (zhongjiang) in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has been deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy since August 2017, and formerly served as deputy head of the Department of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission.[1]

Family

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Feng's family was from Cao County (now Chaohu), Anhui, in 1962, to Feng Hongda (1930–1993), a rear admiral (shaojiang) in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and deputy commander of the North Sea Fleet, and Yu Huaxin (余华心; 余華心), a writer and daughter of politician Yu Xinqing. His grandfather, Feng Yuxiang (1882–1948), was a warlord who led the Guominjun faction during the Republican era. He has a sister, Feng Danlong (冯丹龙; 馮丹龍), director of China Affairs Department of Pfizer.[2] He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2005, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in June 2019.

Career

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After graduating from Dalian Naval Academy, he was assigned to the North Sea Fleet, he worked there until 1990, while he was transferred to the National Defence Scientific Industry Council in Beijing. Beginning in 2003, he served in several posts in the PLA General Equipment Department, including chief, deputy director, and director. Feng attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2005. In December 2014 he was appointed director of the Co-ordination and Planning Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department, he remained in that position until July 2016, when he was promoted to deputy head of the Department of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission.[3] In August 2017 he was appointed deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 国共上将后代冯丹宇 搭档解放军要害部门. ifeng (in Chinese). 2016-07-24.
  2. ^ 冯玉祥之孙冯丹宇任总装综合计划部部长. Tencent (in Chinese). 2014-12-04.
  3. ^ 冯丹宇任军委装备发展部副部长 系冯玉祥之孙. Tencent (in Chinese). 2016-07-24.
  4. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (4 July 2019). 解放军海军举行晋衔仪式,冯丹宇等5位军官晋升海军中将. Thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by Director of Military and Arms Equipment Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department
2010-2014
Succeeded by
Wang Qingzong (王庆宗)
Preceded by Director of Co-ordination and Planning Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department
2014-2017
Succeeded by
Position abolished