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Fan Changmi
Fan Changmi
范长秘
Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region
	In office; July 2014 – December 2014
Preceded by	Miao Hua
Succeeded by	Kang Chunyuan
Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region
	In office; July 2012 – July 2014
Preceded by	Miao Hua
Succeeded by	Xu Yuanlin
Political Commissar of the 47th Army
	In office; December 2006 – July 2012
Preceded by	Chu Yimin
Succeeded by	Zhang Fuji
Personal details
Born	June 1955 (age 69); Laoling, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1974–2016; expelled)
Alma mater	PLA Army Command College
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank	Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	范長秘
Simplified Chinese	范长秘
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fàn Chángmì

Fan Changmi (Chinese: 范长秘; born June 1955) is a former lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army of China.^[1] In December 2014, he was under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.^[2] He served as Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region, one of the seven military regions in China, but was placed under investigation for corruption in 2014.^[3]

Fan was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 11th National People's Congress.^[4]

Life and career

Fan was born and raised in Laoling, Shandong. He graduated from PLA Ground Force Command Academy in Nanjing.

He joined the People's Liberation Army in December 1972, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1974. In 1998 he was appointed head of propaganda of the political department of the 47th Group Army, a position he held until 1999, when he was appointed head of Propaganda of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region, later Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army. He attained the rank of major general in July 2004. In November 2005, he was appointed Director of the Political Department of the Xinjiang Military District, he remained in that position until December 2006, when he was transferred to the Nanjing Military Region, and appointed Political Commissar of the 47th Army. Fan served as Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou MR from July 2012 to July 2014, and was appointed Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou MR in July 2014.^[5]^[6] In December 2014, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency.^[7]

References

^ "兰州军区政治部主任范长秘晋升为中将军衔". Ifeng (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-01-09.
^ "16 PLA officers placed under investigation". Chinadaily. 2015-01-16.
^ "PLA officers placed under investigation". Ministry of Defence. 2015-01-16. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
^ "范长秘". People's Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
^ "解放军上月调整14副大军区级以上将领两大舰队换帅". Ifeng (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-08-02.
^ "兰州军区10名将领晋衔苗华以政委职务主持仪式". People.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
^ "中国军方公布16名军级以上领导干部重大贪腐案件" (in Chinese). Chinanews. Retrieved 2015-01-15.

Military offices
Preceded by Chu Yimin	Director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army 2003–2005	Succeeded by Wu Yude [zh]
	Director of the Political Department of Xinjiang Military Region 2005–2006	Succeeded by Deng Ningfeng
	Political Commissar of the 47th Army 2006–2012	Succeeded by Zhang Fuji (张福基)
Preceded by Miao Hua	Director of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Military Region 2012–2014	Succeeded by Xu Yuanlin (徐远林)
Preceded by Miao Hua	Deputy Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region 2014–2014	Succeeded by Kang Chunyuan (康春元)