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Fang Xiang
方向
Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science
In office
June 2017 – December 2020
PresidentYang Xuejun
Preceded byXu Yaoyuan
Succeeded byBai Lü
Director of Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
In office
December 2015 – June 2017
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byCheng Jian [zh]
Director of Political Department of the People's Armed Police
In office
July 2015 – December 2015
Preceded byYao Ligong [zh]
Succeeded byYan Xiaodong [zh]
Personal details
BornOctober 1957 (age 67)
Chun'an County, Zhejiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service?–2020
Rank Lieutenant general

Fang Xiang (Chinese: 方向; pinyin: Fāng Xiàng; born October 1957) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Fang was born in Chun'an County, Zhejiang, in October 1957. He was deputy secretary-general of the Office of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department in 2010 and then head of its Organization Division in 2013. In July 2015, he was promoted to become director of Political Department of the People's Armed Police (PAP), a position he held until December 2015. On 31 December 2015, he was made director of the newly founded Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), and served until June 2017, when he was appointed political commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2010 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in August 2016.

References

  1. 方向少将接任武警部队政治部主任，孔诚接任后勤部长. thepaper (in Chinese). 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. 武警部队政治部原主任方向少将调任火箭军政治工作部主任. thepaper (in Chinese). 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. 杨学军任军事科学院院长，方向任政治委员. thepaper (in Chinese). 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. 火箭军首任11人领导班子曝光 1人由外单位调入. sina (in Chinese). 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-01-07. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. 火箭军举行将官晋升仪式：周亚宁、方向晋升中将军衔. thepaper (in Chinese). 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Military offices
Preceded byQin Shengxiang Head of Organization Division of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
2012–2015 		Succeeded byPosition revoked
Preceded byYao Ligong [zh] Director of Political Department of the People's Armed Police
2015 		Succeeded byYan Xiaodong [zh]
New title Director of Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
2015–2017 		Succeeded byCheng Jian [zh]
Preceded byXu Yaoyuan Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science
2017–2020 		Succeeded byBai Lü
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