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He Weidong | |||||||
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何卫东 | |||||||
| Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission | |||||||
| Assumed office State Commission: 11 March 2023 Party Commission: 23 October 2022 Serving with Zhang Youxia | |||||||
| Chairman | Xi Jinping | ||||||
| Preceded by | Xu Qiliang | ||||||
| Commander of the Eastern Theater Command | |||||||
| In office December 2019 – January 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Yuejun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Lin Xiangyang | ||||||
| Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force | |||||||
| In office February 2016 – December 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xu Qiling | ||||||
| Commander of the Shanghai Garrison | |||||||
| In office March 2014 – February 2016 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Peng Shuigen | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhang Xiaoming | ||||||
| Commander of the Jiangsu Military District | |||||||
| In office July 2013 – March 2014 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Sun Xinliang | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Kerang | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | May 1957 (age 67) Nanping, Fujian, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | PLA Nanjing Army Command College National University of Defense Technology | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1972–present | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Commands | Eastern Theater Command | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 何衛東 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 何卫东 | ||||||
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He Weidong (Chinese: 何卫东; born May 1957) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who is currently the second-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as commander of the Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to 2022. He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2008, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2017 and general (shangjiang) in December 2019.