Wang Jianmin (lieutenant general)

Wang Jianmin
王建民
Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region
In office July 2013 – December 2014
Preceded by	Li Guohui
Succeeded by	Shi Xiao
Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District
In office December 2009 – July 2013
Preceded by	Tian Xiusi
Succeeded by	Liu Lei
Personal details
Born	November 1951 (age 65) Qingyang, Gansu, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance	China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	?–2014
Rank	Lieutenant General

Wang Jianmin (Chinese: 王建民; born November 1951) is a retired lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He served as Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region and Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District.

Biography

Wang Jianmin was born in November 1951 in Qingyang, Gansu province.^[1] He spent most his career in the Lanzhou Military Region as a political officer.^[2] In 2009, he succeeded Tian Xiusi as Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District, which is under the Lanzhou MR. Wang attained the rank of lieutenant general in 2011. In July 2013, he succeeded the retiring lieutenant general Li Guohui as Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region.^[2]

In December 2014, Wang retired after reaching 63, the mandatory retirement age for deputy military region chief-level commanders. About the same time, Fan Changmi, the other deputy political commissar of the Lanzhou MR, was dismissed and placed under investigation for corruption.^[2][3] They were replaced by two lieutenant generals transferred from other military regions: Shi Xiao from the Chengdu Military Region and Kang Chunyuan from the Beijing Military Region.^[2]

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