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Zhao Nanqi (aka Cho Nam Oi), male, Korean nationality, was born in 1926 in Yongji, Jilin Province. He joined the PLA in 1945 and the CPC in 1947. He graduated from the PLA Logistics Academy and then served in the Korean War. Between 1955 and 1957, he studied again at the PLA Logistics Academy and for the next 20 years conducted political work for the PLA in Jilin Province. From 1984 to 1985, he served as political commissar for the PLA military district of Jilin Province.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003	Vice-Chairman, 9th CPPCC, National Committee
1992—1997	Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1992—1995	President, PLA Military Academy of Sciences
1988—	General, PLA
1987—1992	Director, PLA, General Logistics Department
1987—1992	Secretary, PLA, General Logistics Department CPC, Party Committee
1987—1992	Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
1984—1985	Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region, Jilin Military District
1982—1987	Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1978—1983	Vice-Chairman, 5th Ethnic Affairs Committee of the NPC