1. Fang Fenghui was born on April 1951 and is a former top general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
12 Facts About Fang Fenghui
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Fang Fenghui served as the Chief of Joint Staff and a member of the Central Military Commission.
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Fang Fenghui was placed under investigation for corruption in 2017 and subsequently convicted.
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Fang Fenghui's father Ma Guoxuan was a military and government officer who died in 1960.
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Fang Fenghui joined the PLA in February 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution.
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Fang Fenghui later served as commander of the Beijing Military Region.
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Fang Fenghui achieved the rank of Major general in 1998, Lieutenant general in July 2005 and general in July 2010.
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Fang Fenghui was appointed as the Chief of Joint Staff on October 25,2012, succeeding Chen Bingde; when the Joint Staff department was re-organized in 2016 as a new organ under the Central Military Commission, Fang continued his role as chief of the joint staff.
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Fang Fenghui was sent to military procuratorial organs in January 2018.
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Fang Fenghui was expelled from the Communist Party on October 16,2018.
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On February 20,2019, Fang Fenghui was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery.
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Fang Fenghui was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.