Major General Gao Wei, director of the Political Work Department of the Army in the Northern Theater Command, has recently assumed the post of director of the Political Work Department of the Armed Police Force.Major General Gao Wei served as the political commissar of the former 54th Group Army, and served as the leader of the heroic team in the 9bull;3 military parade.
According to the WeChat official account of the People's Armed Police, on October 17, the promotion meeting for the task of the armed police to participate in the fight against poverty in the three districts and three prefectures was held in Lanzhou.Commander of the Armed Police Force Wang Ning and Political Commissar Zhu Shengling attended and delivered speeches. Deputy Political Commissar Yao Ligong commented on the work and raised requirements. Director of the Political Work Department Gao Wei presided over the meeting.This is Gao Wei's first public report with a new identity.
Lieutenant General Yan Xiaodong, who previously served as the director of the Political Work Department of the Armed Police Force, has been appointed as the Deputy Political Commissar of the Armed Police Force by July 2018 at the latest.
Gao Wei, 55 years old (born in August 1963), is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. He was admitted to the Chinese Department of Sichuan Normal University (now Sichuan Normal University) in 1980 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He joined the army after graduation.According to the news website of Sichuan Normal University, Gao Wei participated in self-defense operations against Vietnam, Wenchuan Earthquake Relief, etc., and was trained by the Commander Class of the National Defense University.
Gao Wei served as the political commissar of an artillery brigade and an infantry division. He was the deputy political commissar of the former 14th Army as late as June 2014, and was promoted to major general in the same year.On September 3, 2015, during the military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Zhiping, the deputy commander of the 14th Army at the time, and Gao Wei, the deputy political commissar, served as the team leader of the heroic and model troops of the Hundred Regiments Battle.
At the latest in July 2016, Gao Wei succeeded Xu Zhongbo, who was promoted to the political commissar of the Western Theater Army, and was promoted to the former political commissar of the 54th Group Army, ranking among the ranks of the army.
The former 54th Group Army was known as the ace army of the Iron Army. Before the military reform, it belonged to the Jinan Military Region.General Liang Guanglie, the former State Councilor and Minister of Defense, General Song Puxuan, the current head of the Central Military Commission's Logistics Support Department, and Lieutenant General Rong Guiqing, the current deputy commander and chief of staff of the Western Theater Command, all served as the commander of the group army.General Wang Hongyao, the former political commissar of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, served as the political commissar of the group army.
In April 2017, the Army Group Army was adjusted from 18 to 13. The former military and political officers of the Army Group were successively transferred, some served in the newly adjusted Group Army, and some were transferred to the five major theaters.At the latest in November 2017, Gao Wei had been transferred to the post of director of the Political Work Department of the Northern Theater Army.■
