Guo Boxiong

Guo Boxiong
郭伯雄
General Guo Boxiong
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
In office
State Commission:
16 March 2003 – 14 March 2013
Party Commission:
15 November 2002 – 15 November 2012
ChairmanJiang Zemin
Hu Jintao
Personal details
BornJuly 1942 (age 82)
Liquan, Shaanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1963–2015, expelled)
SpouseHe Xiulian
RelationsGuo Boquan [zh]
Wu Fangfang [zh] (Daughter-in-law)
ChildrenGuo Zhenggang
Guo Yonghong
ParentGuo Xiaoxi
Alma materPLA Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army
Years of service1960-2013
Rank General (1999–2016, deprived)
CommandsBeijing Military Region
Lanzhou Military Region
Chinese name
Chinese郭伯雄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuō Bóxióng
Wade–GilesKuo Po-hsiung

Guo Boxiong (born July 1942) is a former general of the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, China's top military council, between 2002 and 2012. During the same period he also held a seat in the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, China's top decision-making body. He was expelled from the Communist Party on 30 July 2015. On July 25, 2016, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery.