1. Li Shangfu is a Chinese aerospace engineer and former military administrator.
15 Facts About Li Shangfu
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Li Shangfu served as the 13th Minister of National Defense and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023.
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Li Shangfu spent 31 years working at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, including 10 years as the center director.
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Li Shangfu served as deputy director of the PLA General Armaments Department from 2014 to 2016 and director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission from 2017 to 2022.
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Li Shangfu was conferred the rank of General in July 2019 and was appointed as a member of the CMC in October 2022.
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Li Shangfu was appointed as the 13th Minister of National Defense and as State Councillor in March 2023.
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Li Shangfu is both the shortest-serving Minister of National Defense and the first from the PLA Strategic Support Force.
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Li Shangfu was born in February 1958 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, with his ancestral home in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province.
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Li Shangfu is the son of Li Shaozhu, a Red Army veteran and former high-ranking officer of the PLA Railway Force.
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Li Shangfu joined the PLA when he entered the National University of Defense Technology in 1978, and joined the CCP in June 1980.
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Li Shangfu was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the same year.
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Li Shangfu was conferred the rank of major general in July 2006.
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Li Shangfu ranked first among the members of the CMC.
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On January 18,2023, Li Shangfu attended the CMC promotion ceremony, and was appointed State Councilor and Minister of National Defense on March 12 of the same year, succeeding Wei Fenghe.
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Li Shangfu's absence had been observed and speculated on by US government officials, who told the Financial Times they believed that Li was under investigation.