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Wang Jiasheng

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Preceded by
  
Zhang Haiyang

Rank
  
Lieutenant General

Years of service
  
? – present


Allegiance
  
China

Name
  
Wang Jiasheng

Political party
  
Communist Party of China

Service/branch
  
Second Artillery Corps

Wang Jiasheng (Chinese: 王家胜; born January 1955) is a General (shang jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He has been Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (previously known as the Second Artillery) since 2014.

Biography

Wang was born in January 1955 in Liaoyang, Liaoning Province. He studied at the National University of Defense Technology. He formerly served as a political officer in the PLA General Armaments Department (GAD), where he held posts including deputy director and director of the Political Department, and deputy political commissar. In December 2014, he was appointed political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Force, replacing General Zhang Haiyang, who had retired.

Wang Jiasheng was made a member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in November 2012, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in August 2013. On July 28, 2017, Wang was promoted to the rank of General.

References

Wang Jiasheng Wikipedia