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Biography Highlight

Xu Caihou, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wafangdian, Liaoning Province. He was born in 1943, joined the army in 1963, joined the CPC in 1971, and graduated from the Electronics Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Military Engineering.

Recent Career Data

2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—	Vice-Chairman, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2004—2007	Vice-Chairman, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2003—2005	Director-General, PLA, General Political Department
2002—2004	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000—	Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection
2000—2002	Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Political Department CPC, Party Committee
1999—2003	Executive Deputy Director, PLA, General Political Department

Recent Travel & Appearances

08/19/10	Xu Caihou meets honored military delegates
06/30/10	Xu Caihou met with Samora Yenus, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Ethiopia.
05/27/10	Xu Caihou met with former Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces William Owens and former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Ronald Fogleman.
05/25/10	Xu Caihou met with Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski.
05/13/10	Xu Caihou met with Belarusian Minister of Defense Yuriy Zhadobin.