Wu Jieming (Chinese: 吴杰明; born June 1958) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who was political commissar of the PLA National Defence University from 2017 to 2021.[1]

Wu Jieming
吴杰明
Political Commissar of the PLA National Defence University
In office
June 2017 – August 2021
Preceded byLiu Yazhou
Succeeded byZheng He
Personal details
BornJune 1958 (age 66)
Huangchuan County, Henan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materSecond Artillery Force Academy
PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1976–2021
Rank Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Jiémíng

He was a member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

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Wu was born in Huangchuan County, Henan, in June 1958. After high school in 1975, he became a sent-down youth during the late Cultural Revolution. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1976, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1978. He graduated from the Second Artillery Force Academy in 1982 and later the PLA National Defence University with a bachelor's degree in 1994. After university, he taught there.

In April 2000, he was transferred to Xinjiang Military District and appointed deputy political commissar of the 6th Infantry Division. He was recalled to the PLA National Defence University in January 2002, where he successively served as associate professor, professor, deputy director, and director. In December 2013, he became deputy political commissar of the university, rising to political commissar in June 2017. He also served as secretary of its Commission for Discipline Inspection from August 2016 to July 2017.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wang Jun (王俊) (25 August 2015). 国防大学副政委吴杰明晋升中将军衔,曾为中央政治局授课. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ Nie Chenjing (聂晨静), ed. (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布:中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (19 August 2016). 国防大学副政委吴杰明兼任国防大学纪委书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
Military offices
Preceded by Political Commissar of the PLA National Defence University
2017–2021
Succeeded by