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Guo Boxiong | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
| Chairman | Jiang Zemin Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | July 1942 (age 82) Liquan, Shaanxi, China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1963–2015, expelled) | ||||||||
| Spouse | He Xiulian | ||||||||
| Relations | Guo Boquan Wu Fangfang (Daughter-in-law) | ||||||||
| Children | Guo Zhenggang Guo Yonghong | ||||||||
| Parent | Guo Xiaoxi | ||||||||
| Alma mater | PLA Military Academy | ||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1960-2013 | ||||||||
| Rank |  General (1999–2016, deprived) | ||||||||
| Commands | Beijing Military Region Lanzhou Military Region | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 郭伯雄 | ||||||||
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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.