Du Tiehuan

Du Tiehuan
Du Tiehuan
杜铁环
Political Commissioner of the Beijing Military Region
	In office; November 1996 – December 2003
Preceded by	Gu Shanqing
Succeeded by	Fu Tinggui
Political Commissioner of the Jinan Military Region
	In office; December 1994 – November 1996
Preceded by	Song Qingwei
Succeeded by	Xu Caihou
Personal details
Born	August 1938 (age 85); Anshan, Liaoning, Manchukuo
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Fifth Artillery School; PLA Political College
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1955–2003
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Sino-Vietnamese War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杜铁环
Traditional Chinese	杜鐵環
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dù Tiěhuán

Du Tiehuan (Chinese: 杜铁环; born August 1938) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a delegate to the 9th National People's Congress.

Biography[edit]

Du was born in Anshan, Liaoning, Manchukuo in August 1938.

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in August 1955, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1959. In 1979, he participated in the Sino-Vietnamese War.^[1] In 1984, he served in the 46th Group Army for a short while before being assigned to the 67th Group Army as deputy political commissioner in 1985, and he rose to become political commissioner in 1988. He was assistant head of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department in November 1992, and one year later was promoted to deputy head. In December 1994, he was appointed political commissioner of the Jinan Military Region, he remained in that position until November 1996, when he was transferred to the Beijing Military Region and appointed political commissioner.^[2]^[3]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1993 and general (shangjiang) in 2000.^[4]

References[edit]

^ 杜铁环：参加越战任师政委，62岁升上将，曾任济南、北京军区政委. qq.com (in Chinese). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ 杜铁环上将率我军代表团赴非洲三国访问. sina (in Chinese). 31 May 2002. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ Jia Wei (贾伟) (5 July 2002). 河北省领导会见杜铁环一行. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ 解放军新上将资料之十四：杜铁环. sina (in Chinese). 22 June 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

Military offices
Preceded by Song Qingwei	Political Commissioner of the Jinan Military Region 1994–1996	Succeeded by Xu Caihou
Preceded by Gu Shanqing	Political Commissioner of the Beijing Military Region 1996–2003	Succeeded by Fu Tinggui

[1] 杜铁环：参加越战任师政委，62岁升上将，曾任济南、北京军区政委. qq.com (in Chinese). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[2] 杜铁环上将率我军代表团赴非洲三国访问. sina (in Chinese). 31 May 2002. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[3] Jia Wei (贾伟) (5 July 2002). 河北省领导会见杜铁环一行. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[cat-4] 解放军新上将资料之十四：杜铁环. sina (in Chinese). 22 June 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

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v t e Officers of the Jinan Military Region
Commanders	Yang Dezhi Wang Xinting Zeng Siyu Rao Shoukun Li Jiulong Zhang Wannian Zhang Taiheng Qian Guoliang Chen Bingde Fan Changlong Zhao Zongqi
Political Commissars	Tan Qilong Shu Tong Tan Qilong Zeng Xisheng Tan Qilong Wang Xiaoyu Xu Liqing Xiao Wangdong Bai Rubing Xiao Wangdong Chen Renhong Chi Haotian Song Qingwei Du Tiehuan Xu Caihou Zhang Wentai Liu Dongdong Du Hengyan
Chiefs of Staff	Hu Bingyun Yan Kuiyao Chen Qingxian Fu Jiaxuan Chen Hong Xiong Zuofang Wang Jinquan Li Suiying Xu Zhongyu Guo Fuzhou Ma Weizhi Yang Guoping Qian Guoliang Shen Zhaoji Zhong Shengqin Gao Chunxiang Li Hongcheng Zhang Hetian Zhao Zongqi Ma Yiming

v t e Officers of the Beijing Military Region
Commanders	Yang Chengwu Yang Yong Zheng Weishan Li Desheng Chen Xilian Qin Jiwei Zhou Yibing Wang Chengbin Li Laizhu Li Xinliang Zhu Qi Fang Fenghui Zhang Shibo Song Puxuan
Political Commissar	Zhu Liangcai Lai Chuanzhu Liao Hansheng Li Xuefeng Xie Fuzhi Liu Geping Chen Xianrui Xie Xuegong Ji Dengkui Liu Zihou Wu De Qin Jiwei Yuan Shengping Fu Chongbi Yang Baibing Liu Zhenhua Zhang Gong Gu Shanqing Du Tiehuan Fu Tinggui Liu Fulian
Chief of Staff	Han Wei Zeng Mei Xiao Wenjiu Ma Weihua Xu Xin Zhou Yibing Zou Yuqi Huang Yunqiao Liang Guanglie Huang Xinsheng Chen Xitao Zhu Qi Gao Zhongxing Chang Wanquan Qiu Jinkai Wang Xibin Zhang Baoshu Wang Ning Bai Jianjun Shi Luze [zh]