Song Puxuan (; born March 1954) is a retired general of the Chinese

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(PLA). He served as director of the

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from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, he served as commander of the

Northern Theater Command The Northern Theater Command () is one of the five Theater command (China), theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region, Jinan Military Region and Beijing Militar ...

, commander of the

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, deputy commander of the

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, president of the

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Biography

Song Puxuan was born in March 1954 in Boxing County,

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

Province. He joined the PLA in 1969, and served in the

Jinan Military Region The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first comman ...

for decades. He later rose to become a division commander in the 67th Group Army, chief of staff of the 54th Group Army, and deputy chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region. He has a bachelor's degree from the

and a graduate degree in

Marxist philosophy Marxist philosophy or Marxist theory are works in philosophy that are strongly influenced by Karl Marx's Historical materialism, materialist approach to theory, or works written by Marxists. Marxist philosophy may be broadly divided into Wester ...

from

Shandong University Shandong University (; SDU) is a public university in Jinan, Shandong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Clas ...

. Song attained the rank of major general in 2002. In 2006, he succeeded as commander of the elite 54th Group Army, which is nicknamed the "Iron Army". In 2008, the 54th Group Army participated in the relief efforts of the Great Sichuan earthquake under his leadership. In 2009, Song was promoted to deputy commander of the

, succeeding lieutenant general , who had retired. He attained the rank of lieutenant general in 2010. In July 2013, Song was appointed president of the

, replacing Wang Xibin. In December 2014, he replaced lieutenant general Zhang Shibo as commander of the

, while Zhang took over Song's old position as president of the PLA National Defence University. It was considered an extraordinary move by paramount leader

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

, as Song is not a member of the 18th Central Committee, while most past commanders of the key Beijing MR, including Zhang Shibo, had been Central Committee members. On 31 July 2015, Song Puxuan was promoted to general ('' shangjiang''), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service. Song was the chief commander of the

2015 China Victory Day Parade The 2015 China Victory Day parade was a military parade held along Chang'an Avenue, Beijing, on 3 September 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day of World War II. The commemoration was the first high-profile militar ...

marking the 70th anniversary of the victory over Japan. On February 1, 2016, he was named commander of the re-organized

References

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