Chen Deyi

Chen Deyi
Chen Deyi
陈德毅
Political Commissar of the PLA Shanxi Military District [zh]
	In office; April 1994 – December 2000
Commander	Dong Yunhai [zh]; Liu Yinchao [zh]
Preceded by	Zhang Zhen [zh]
Succeeded by	Gui Wanzeng [zh]
Political Commissar of the PLA Tianjing Garrison Command [zh]
	In office; June 1990 – February 1993
Commander	Yang Zhihua (杨志华)
Preceded by	Lan Baojing [zh]
Succeeded by	Yang Huichuan [zh]
Personal details
Born	24 October 1943 (age 81); Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Beijing Political College; PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1961–2000
Rank	Major general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈德毅
Traditional Chinese	陳德毅
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Déyì

Chen Deyi (Chinese: 陈德毅; born 24 October 1943) is a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the PLA Tianjing Garrison Command [zh] from 1990 to 1993 and political commissar of the PLA Shanxi Military District [zh] from 1994 to 2000. He was a representative of the 14th and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Biography

Chen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, on 24 October 1943, while his ancestral home in the town of Qingyang, Jiangyin. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1961, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1964. He enrolled at the PLA Beijing Political College in October 1980 and later studied at the PLA National Defence University in 1993. In June 1990, he was commissioned as political commissar of the PLA Tianjing Garrison Command [zh], he remained in that position until February 1993, when he was transferred to the neighboring Shanxi province and appointed political commissar of the PLA Shanxi Military District [zh].^[2]^[3]

^ Zhao Xinyue (赵欣悦); Yue Hongbin (岳弘彬) (25 February 2023). 中华人民共和国第十四届全国人民代表大会代表名单. politics.people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ CCP Tianjin Municipal Committee, ed. (1991). 中国共产党天津市组织史资料 1920--1987 [History of the Organizations of CCP Tianjin Municipal Committee 1920–1987] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Urban Publishing House. p. 941. ISBN 978-7-5074-0561-3.
^ 山西大典 [Encyclopedia of Shanxi] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhong Hua Book Company. 2001. p. 1160. ISBN 978-7-101-02285-8.

Military offices
Preceded by Lan Baojing [zh]	Political Commissar of the PLA Tianjing Garrison Command [zh] 1990–1993	Succeeded by Yang Huichuan [zh]
Preceded by Zhang Zhen [zh]	Political Commissar of the PLA Shanxi Military District [zh] 1994–2000	Succeeded by Gui Wanzeng [zh]