Yang Jinshan | |
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杨金山 | |
Commander of the Tibet Military District | |
In office December 2009 – July 2013 | |
Preceded by | Shu Yutai (舒玉泰) |
Succeeded by | Xu Yong |
Personal details | |
Born | August 1954 (age 70) Xi County, Henan, China |
Military service | |
Allegiance | People's Republic of China |
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army |
Years of service | November 1969 – October 2014 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Unit | 14th Group Army |
Commands | Commander of Tibet Military District (2009–2013) Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region (2013–2014) |
Yang Jinshan | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 楊金山 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杨金山 | ||||||
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Yang Jinshan (Chinese: 杨金山; born 1954) is a disgraced general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of Tibet Military District from December 2009 to July 2013.[1] Yang is a former member of 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, but was expelled from the body in 2014.[2]
Yang was promoted to the rank of major general (shao jiang) in December 2005 and lieutenant general (zhong jiang) in July 2011. Chinese media reported that Yang had close relations with Xu Caihou, who is the former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.