Xu Qiliang

Air Force General
Xu Qiliang
许其亮
空军上将
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Assumed office
4 November 2012
Serving with Fan Changlong
Chairman Xi Jinping
10th Commander of the PLA Air Force
In office
September 2007 – October 2012
Deputy He Weirong
Preceded by Qiao Qingchen
Succeeded by Ma Xiaotian
Personal details
Born March 1950
Linqu County, Shandong, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service 1966 – present
Rank Air Force General
Commands People's Liberation Army Air Force (2007–2012)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.

Xu Qiliang (Chinese: 许其亮; pinyin: Xǔ Qíliàng; born March 1950) is an air force general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as Vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and was Commander of the PLAAF from 2007 to 2012.

Biography

Born in Linqu County, Shandong, he is the son of Xu Lefu, a lieutenant general and former vice political commissar of the PLA Air Force. He entered the PLA and its Air Force No. 1 aeronautic preparatory school in 1966, learned piloting, and joined the Communist Party of China the following year. Later he transferred to the Air Force No. 8 and No. 5 aeronautic schools. He became a pilot after graduation in August 1969.

Xu was promoted to head of the military division in 1983, and vice army corps commander the next year. In 1985, he became chief of staff at the Air Force Shanghai headquarters, and also entered the PLA National Defense University for training. He was promoted to corps commander of the PLA Air Force in 1991 and was made a major general. In 1993, he became vice chief of staff of the Air Force and studied at the National Defense University again. After graduation, he was promoted to chief of staff of the PLA Air Force. He was made a lieutenant general in 1996.

In 1999, Xu became the vice commander and Air Force commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and studied at the National Defense University for the 3rd time in 2001. He was elevated to vice chief of staff of the PLA General Staff Department. He was made a full general on June 20, 2007, and became the commander of the PLA Air Force in September of that year. In October 2012, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and was succeeded as Air Force Commander by General Ma Xiaotian.

He has been an alternate member of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, and a full member of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Central Committees.

References

    Military offices
    Preceded by
    Qiao Qingchen    		 Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
    2007–2012     		Succeeded by
    Ma Xiaotian
    Preceded by
    Zheng Shenxia    		 Commander of the Shenyang Military Region Air Force
    1999–2004     		Succeeded by
    Zhou Laiqiang
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