Tang Tianbiao | |||||||
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唐天标 | |||||||
Deputy Head of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department | |||||||
In office 1995–2005 | |||||||
Head |
Yu Yongbo Xu Caihou Li Jinai | ||||||
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Born | October 1940 (age 83) Shimen County, Hunan, China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma mater |
Harbin Military Academy of Engineering Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
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Years of service | 1960–2005 | ||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 唐 天 标 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 唐 天 標 | ||||||
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Tang Tianbiao ( Chinese: 唐天标; born October 1940) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. [1] [2] He was a delegate to the 9th and 10th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. [2]
Tang was born in Shimen County, Hunan, in October 1940. [2] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in July 1960, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1961. [2] In 1961, he entered Harbin Military Academy of Engineering (now National University of Defense Technology), majoring in the Engineering Department. [2] After graduating in 1966, he was assigned to the Guangzhou Military Region, one of the PLA Military Regions. [2] In May 1988, he was despatched to the People's Liberation Army General Political Department and appointed deputy head of Cadre Bureau. [2] He moved up the ranks to become executive assistant in June 1993 and deputy head in 1995. [2] [3] [4] He also served as deputy director the PLA Navy Political Department from for a short year in 1992. [2] In December 2005, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, a position he held until March 2008, when he was chosen as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee. [5] [6]
He was promoted to the rank of major general ( shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general ( zhongjiang) in 1995, and general ( shangjiang) in 2000. [2]