13 Facts About Guo Boxiong

Guo Boxiong was born on July 1942 and is a former general of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Guo Boxiong served as the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, China's top military council, between 2002 and 2012.

Guo Boxiong was expelled from the Communist Party on 30 July 2015.

Guo Boxiong was trained at China's National Defense University and the Xi'an Army Academy in People's Liberation Army Military Academy where he graduated.

In 1993 Guo Boxiong became deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, the heart of China's defense establishment, and in 1997 commander of the Lanzhou Military Region.

In September 1999, Guo Boxiong became a member of the Central Military Commission, deputy chief of staff, and was promoted to the rank of General.

In 2002, at the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Guo Boxiong became the member of Politburo and the vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, serving alongside Hu Jintao, who became the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party at the same Congress.

Guo Boxiong retired from the Politburo in 2012 and the Central Military Commission in 2013.

Guo Boxiong was subject of intense rumours surrounding possible involvement with corruption during his time in office, particularly in overseas Chinese media.

Guo Boxiong was, remarkably, the fourth member of the 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party to be expelled from the Communist Party.

On July 25,2016, Guo Boxiong was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery.

Guo Boxiong has a brother, Guo Boquan born in 1961, who, until 2015, headed up the Department of Civil Affairs of Shaanxi province and a former official in the city of Weinan.

Guo Boxiong has a son, Guo Zhenggang, who was a major general in the People's Liberation Army, who held a leading military post in Zhejiang province; Zhenggang was detained for investigation in February 2015.