Liang with the visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates in Beijing, 2011
Liang joined the army in January 1958 and the Chinese Communist Party in November 1959. His first assignment was with the Second Regiment, First Division of the 1st Ground Force Army (1958–63), where he rose to the ranks of commander of an engineering company, quartermaster of the special agent company and staff officer in the operations and training branch. Liang studied at the Xinyang Infantry School (1963–64) and graduated from Henan University's political theory correspondence education program (1984–86).[1] After finishing his studies, Liang returned to his unit until 1970 when he was promoted to the Operational Department staff of the Wuhan Military Region command headquarters where he remained until 1979.
Liang was named Deputy Commander of the 58th Division, 20th Group Army in 1979 and became commander in 1981-83. After a study break at the PLA Military Academy (March 1982 to January 1983), he was named deputy Commander of the 20th Army in 1983 and Commander in 1985. In June 1989, he led the 20th Army to enforce martial law in Beijing to suppress the Tiananmen Square Protests. In 1990 he was transferred to command the 54th Army and from December 1993 to July 1995, he was the chief of staff of Beijing Military Region. From July 1995 to December 1997, he was the deputy commander of Beijing Military Region. From December 1997 to December 1999, he was the commander of Shenyang Military Region, and from December 1999 to November 2002, he was the commander of Nanjing Military Region and deputy secretary of CCP's committee.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Liang Guanglie news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message In this Chinese name the family name is Liang Liang Guanglie Chinese 梁光烈 pinyin Liang Guanglie also spelled as Liang Kuang lieh born December 1940 in Santai Mianyang Sichuan is a Chinese retired general and who served as the Minister of National Defense from 2008 to 2013 GeneralLiang Guanglie梁光烈Liang Kuang liehState Councilor of the People s Republic of ChinaIn office 17 March 2008 16 March 2013PremierWen Jiabao10th Minister of National DefenseIn office 17 March 2008 16 March 2013PremierWen JiabaoPreceded byCao GangchuanSucceeded byChang WanquanHead of the People s Liberation Army General Staff DepartmentIn office November 2002 2007Preceded byFu QuanyouSucceeded byChen BingdePersonal detailsBorn 1940 12 01 1 December 1940 age 83 citation needed Santai Sichuan ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materHenan UniversityMilitary serviceAllegiance People s Republic of ChinaBranch service People s Liberation Army Ground ForceYears of service1958 2013RankGeneralCommandsMinistry of National Defense 1998 2003 PLA General Staff Department 2002 2007 Nanjing Military Region 1999 2002 Shenyang Military Region 1997 1999 54th Group Army 1990 1993 20th Group Army 1985 1990 Contents 1 Life and career 2 References 2 1 Citations 2 2 Sources 3 External linksLife and career edit nbsp Liang with the visiting U S Secretary of Defense Robert M Gates in Beijing 2011 Liang joined the army in January 1958 and the Chinese Communist Party in November 1959 His first assignment was with the Second Regiment First Division of the 1st Ground Force Army 1958 63 where he rose to the ranks of commander of an engineering company quartermaster of the special agent company and staff officer in the operations and training branch Liang studied at the Xinyang Infantry School 1963 64 and graduated from Henan University s political theory correspondence education program 1984 86 1 After finishing his studies Liang returned to his unit until 1970 when he was promoted to the Operational Department staff of the Wuhan Military Region command headquarters where he remained until 1979 Liang was named Deputy Commander of the 58th Division 20th Group Army in 1979 and became commander in 1981 83 After a study break at the PLA Military Academy March 1982 to January 1983 he was named deputy Commander of the 20th Army in 1983 and Commander in 1985 In June 1989 he led the 20th Army to enforce martial law in Beijing to suppress the Tiananmen Square Protests In 1990 he was transferred to command the 54th Army and from December 1993 to July 1995 he was the chief of staff of Beijing Military Region From July 1995 to December 1997 he was the deputy commander of Beijing Military Region From December 1997 to December 1999 he was the commander of Shenyang Military Region and from December 1999 to November 2002 he was the commander of Nanjing Military Region and deputy secretary of CCP s committee Liang was the General Chief of Staff of the People s Liberation Army from 2002 to 2007 He then served as a State Councilor and the Minister of National Defense Additionally Liang was a member of Central Military Commission He was also an alternate member of the 13th and 14th CCP Central Committees and a member of the 15th 16th and 17th Central Committees Liang retired at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in late 2012 and was replaced by General Chang Wanquan 2 References editCitations edit China Today China s Who s Who Li Cheng China s Midterm Jockeying Gearing Up for 2012 Part 3 Military Leaders Sources edit Liang Guanglie People s Daily Retrieved 2007 03 24 China s General Chen Bingde appointed to key military post AFP via the Straits Times External links edit nbsp Media related to Liang Guanglie at Wikimedia Commons Military offices Preceded byYang Shiyi Commander of the 20th Group Army1985 1990 Succeeded byDing Shouyue zh Preceded byZhu Chao Commander of the 54th Group Army1990 1993 Succeeded byZhang Xianglin zh Preceded byHuang Yunqiao zh Chief of Staff of the Beijing Military Region1993 1995 Succeeded byHuang Xinsheng zh Preceded byLi Xinliang Commander of the Shenyang Military Region1997 1999 Succeeded byQian Guoliang Preceded byChen Bingde Commander of the Nanjing Military Region1999 2002 Succeeded byZhu Wenquan Preceded byGeneral Fu Quanyou Head of the People s Liberation Army General Staff Department2002 2007 Succeeded byGeneral Chen Bingde Government offices Preceded byGeneral Cao Gangchuan Minister of National Defense2008 2013 Succeeded byGeneral Chang Wanquan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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