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.
Xu spent his early career serving in the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command, with several assignments in Shenyang. In 1984 he became attached to the 16th Group Army. In the early 1990s he moved to Beijing, where he joined the military press and was subsequently appointed to senior positions in the PLA. In 2000 he was appointed to the CPC Central Military Commission.
He was a member of the Secretariat of the 16th CPC Central Committee, vice-chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, Director-General of the General Political Department of the PLA, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy Party secretary of the PLA General Political Department.
He is currently a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Vice-Chairman of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission and Politburo Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
| 2007— |
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro |
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| 2007— |
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 2007— |
Vice-Chairman, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission |
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| 2004—2007 |
Vice-Chairman, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission |
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| 2003—2005 |
Director-General, PLA, General Political Department |
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| 2002—2004 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission |
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| 2002—2007 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 2000— |
Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection |
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| 2000—2002 |
Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Political Department CPC, Party Committee |
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| 1999—2003 |
Executive Deputy Director, PLA, General Political Department |
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| 1999—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission |
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| 1997—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 1996—1999 |
Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region |
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| 1993—1996 |
Deputy Director, PLA, General Political Department |
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| 1993—1993 |
Director, Liberation Army Daily |
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| 1992—1993 |
Assistant to the Director, PLA, General Political Department |
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| 1990—1992 |
Political Commissar, PLA, Services and Arms, Group Army |
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| 1985—1990 |
Director, PLA, Services and Arms, Group Army, Political Department |
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| 1984—1985 |
Director, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region (Political Department) |
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| 1983—1984 |
Deputy Director, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District (Political Department) |
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| 1982—1983 |
Chief, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District (Office for Retirees) |
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| 1982—1983 |
Chief, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District (Political Department, Personnel Division) |
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| 1980—1981 |
Trainee, PLA Institute of Political Sciences |
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| 1972—1982 |
Deputy Chief, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District (Political Department) |
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| 1972—1982 |
Secretary, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District (Political Department) |
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| 1971—1972 |
Deputy Political Instructor, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Shenyang Garrison (Third Division, Third Artillery Regiment, First Battalion, 2nd Company) |
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| 1970—1971 |
Soldier, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District (Third Regiment, Second Battalion) |
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| 1968—1970 |
Cultural Revolution, Sent to do manual labor (Farm of the 39th Army) |
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| 1963—1968 |
Student, Harbin Institute of Military Engineering, Electronics Engineering Department Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City |
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