You Xigui (; born May 1939) is a retired

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in the

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of China. He was an alternate of the 15th and

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Biography

You was born in Ding County (now Dingzhou),

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

, in May 1939. He served in the

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from January 1958 to July 1983. In July 1983, he was assigned to the Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party, where he was promoted to deputy director in July 1985 and to director in August 1994. He attained the rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in July 1990,

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('' zhongjiang'') in July 1997, and

('' shangjiang'') in June 2004.。

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:You, Xigui 1939 births Living people People from Dingzhou People's Liberation Army generals from Hebei People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Alternates of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternates of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party