He Weidong

Vice Chairman of the Central Military CommissionAssumed office
State Commission:
11 March 2023
Party Commission:
23 October 2022ChairmanXi JinpingPreceded byXu QiliangCommander of the Eastern Theater CommandIn office
December 2019 – January 2022Preceded byLiu YuejunSucceeded byLin XiangyangCommander of the Western Theater Command Ground ForceIn office
February 2016 – December 2019Preceded byNew titleSucceeded byXu QilingCommander of the Shanghai GarrisonIn office
March 2014 – February 2016Preceded byPeng ShuigenSucceeded byZhang XiaomingCommander of the Jiangsu Military DistrictIn office
July 2013 – March 2014Preceded bySun XinliangSucceeded byLi Kerang Personal detailsBornMay 1957 (age 66–67)
Nanping, Fujian, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materPLA Nanjing Army Command College
National University of Defense TechnologyMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army Ground ForceYears of service1972–presentRank GeneralCommandsEastern Theater CommandChinese nameTraditional Chinese何衛東Simplified Chinese何卫东

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hé Wèidōng

He Weidong (Chinese: 何卫东; born May 1957) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who is currently the second-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as commander of the Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to 2022. He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2008, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2017 and general (shangjiang) in December 2019.

Education

He was born in Nanping, Fujian, with ancestry was in the town of Xuhe, in Dongtai, Jiangsu in May 1957. In 1981 he graduated from PLA Nanjing Army Command College. In 2001 he entered the National University of Defense Technology.^{[citation needed]}

Military career

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1972 after middle school. He was Commander of Jiangsu Military District in July 2013 and Shanghai Garrison in March 2014. In February 2015 he succeeded Zhu Shengling as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1] In July 2016 he was transferred to Deputy Commander of the Western Theater Command and Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force.^[2] In September 2019 he was promoted to become Commander of the Eastern Theater Command, replacing Liu Yuejun.^[3][4]

He was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.^{[citation needed]}

References

Military offices
Preceded by Sun Xinliang (孙心良)	Commander of the Jiangsu Military District 2013–2014	Succeeded by Li Kerang (李克让)
Preceded by Peng Shuigen (彭水根)	Commander of the Shanghai Garrison 2014–2016	Succeeded by Zhang Xiaoming (张晓明)
New title	Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force 2016–2019	Succeeded by Xu Qiling
Preceded by Liu Yuejun	Commander of the Eastern Theater Command 2019–2022	Succeeded by Lin Xiangyang
Political offices
Preceded by Xu Qiliang	Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission 2022– Served alongside: Zhang Youxia	Incumbent