You Xigui (Chinese: 由喜贵; born May 1939) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was an alternate member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
You Xigui | |||||||
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由喜贵 | |||||||
 In October 1999, Jiang Zemin visited France, with You Xigui on the second from right. | |||||||
| Director of the Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||
| In office August 1994 – September 2007 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Yang Dezhong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Cao Qing | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | May 1939 (age 85) Ding County, Hebei, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1958–2007 | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Unit | Central Guard Regiment | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 由喜贵 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 由喜貴 | ||||||
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Biography
editYou was born in Ding County (now Dingzhou), Hebei, in May 1939. He served in the Central Guard Regiment from January 1958 to July 1983. In July 1983, he was assigned to the Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party, where he was promoted to deputy director in July 1985 and to director in August 1994.[2][3]
He attained the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 1990, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 1997, and general (shangjiang) in June 2004.[4]。
References
edit- ^ Zhang Jingru (张静如); Zhao Yongmin (赵勇民); Li Ying (李颖), eds. (2012). 中国共产党全国代表大会史丛书 从一大到十七大 第5册 图文版 [The History Series of the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (from the First National Congress to the Seventeenth National Congress)]. Shenyang, Liaoning: Wanjuan Publishing Company. p. 330. ISBN 978-7-5470-1983-2.
- ^ Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee; Party History Research Center of the CCP Central Committee, eds. (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 [Dictionary of the CCP Central Committee Members 1921–2003]. Beijing: CCP History Publishing House. pp. 971–972. ISBN 7-80136-946-7.
- ^ Shen Xueming (沈学明); Zheng Jianying (郑建英), eds. (2001). 中共第一届至十五届中央委员 [Member of the 1st to 15th CCP Central Committee]. Beijing: Central Party Literature Press. p. 137. ISBN 7-5073-1034-5.
- ^ Xu Ping (徐平) (2010). 新中国实行军衔制纪实 [On the Implementation of the Military Rank System in New China]. Beijing: Jincheng Publishing House. p. 377. ISBN 978-7-80251-378-5.