Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
China News
XINHUA Online (China View)
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 3/15/2013
Career Data Updated: 3/7/2018
Fan Changlong 范长龙
Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo; Vice-Chairman, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission; Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC; Deputy Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Leading Group for Deepening Reform on National Defense
Born: 1947
Biography Highlight
Fan Changlong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Donggang City, Liaoning province. He was born in 1947, and joined the PLA and the CPC in 1969. He was promoted to the rank of major general in 1995, and lieutenant general in 2002. Fan served successively as a platoon leader, political instructor, battalion commander, and deputy regimental commander in the PLA. Fan was educated at the Beijing Military Academy and the Xuanhua Artillery Academy. He served as chief of staff of the 16th Group Army until 2000. In the same year he was promoted to chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region and in 2004 he became Commander of the Jinan Military Region.
Recent Career Data
2017— |
Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Internet Security and Informationization |
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2017— |
Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Taiwan Affairs |
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2014— |
Deputy Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Leading Group for Deepening Reform on National Defense |
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2013— |
Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC |
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2012—2017 |
Vice-Chairman, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission |
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2012—2017 |
Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee |
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2012—2017 |
Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo |
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2008— |
General, PLA |
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2007—2012 |
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee |
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2004—2012 |
Deputy Secretary, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region CPC, Leading Party Group Shandong Province, Jinan City |
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Recent Travel & Appearances
06/19/17 |
Fan Changlong meets Vietnamese leaders on ties |
05/22/17 |
Senior official calls for further military reform |
04/05/17 |
Senior military officers attend tree planting activity |
03/31/17 |
China, Switzerland pledge to advance military-to-military cooperation |
03/16/17 |
China, Pakistan military officials discuss mutual cooperation |