Sun Xiangdong
Sun Xiangdong | |||||||
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孙向东 | |||||||
| Deputy Commander of the Central Theater Command | |||||||
| Assumed office November 2024 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Li Zhizhong | ||||||
| Leader of 95829 Airborne Troop of the People's Liberation Army | |||||||
| In office 2019 – November 2024 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Faqing | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wen Dong | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | September 1968 (age 57) Anlu County, Hubei, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Air Force | ||||||
| Years of service | ?-present | ||||||
| Rank | Lieutenant general | ||||||
| Unit | People's Liberation Air Force Airborne Corps Central Theater Command | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙向东 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫向東 | ||||||
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Sun Xiangdong (Chinese: 孙向东;born September 1968) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He currently serves as a deputy commander of the Central Theater Command.[1]
He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2][3]
Biography
A native of Anlu County, Hubei, Sun served in the Airborne Troop of the People's Liberation Army for a long time.[4] In 2019, he was appointed leader of 95829 Airborne Troop of the People's Liberation Army.[5] In November 2024 Sun Xiangdong was replaced by Wen Dong as the Leader of the Airborne Corps under the codename (95829).[6] In November 2024 he got promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and became the deputy commander of the Central Theater Command.[1]
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