Kong Jun
Kong Jun | |||||||
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孔军 | |||||||
| Commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force | |||||||
| Assumed office December 2021 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Lin Xiangyang | ||||||
| Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps | |||||||
| In office April 2017 – December 2021 | |||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | TBA | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | July 1964 (age 60) Hanjiang County, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Navy | ||||||
| Years of service | – | ||||||
| Rank |  Lieutenant general | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孔军 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孔軍 | ||||||
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Kong Jun (Chinese: 孔军; born July 1964) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force, succeeding Lin Xiangyang in December 2021. Previously he served as commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.[1]
Biography
[edit]Kong was born in Hanjiang County (now Hanjiang District, Yangzhou), Jiangsu, in July 1964. He served in the Nanjing Military Region for a long time. In January 2016, he became chief of staff of the 12th Group Army, replacing Zheng Min (郑敏).[2] In April 2017, he was appointed commander of the newly founded People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps,[3] he remained in that position until December 2021, when he was commissioned as commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 受权发布：中华人民共和国香港特别行政区第十三届全国人民代表大会代表选举会议成员名单. china.com (in Chinese). 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (26 January 2016). 第12集团军副参谋长孔军少将升任参谋长，接棒郑敏. thepaper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (27 May 2017). 海军陆战队新领导层亮相：孔军、袁华智分任司令员、政委. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ 近日，中国东部战区陆军司令员落定，孔军担任此职. sina (in Chinese). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.