Niu Zhizhong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Niu.

Niu Zhizhong
牛志忠
Chief of Staff of the People's Armed Police
In office July 2009 – July 2015
Preceded by	Wang Jianping
Succeeded by	Liu Zhenli
Personal details
Born	March 1955 (age 69) Leting County, Tangshan, Hebei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (expelled)
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Armed Police
Years of service	1970–2016
Rank	Lieutenant general

Niu Zhizhong (Chinese: 牛志忠; pinyin: Niǘ Zhìzhōng; born March 1955) a former officer in the People's Armed Police of China.^[1][2][3][4] At the height of his career, he served as deputy commander of the People's Armed Police. He was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2016.^[5]

Biography

Niu was born in Laoting County, Hebei in March 1955. He joined the People's Liberation Army in December 1970. He worked in the 38th Army for a long time. In 1996, he was transferred to the People's Armed Police. He then continued working in the People's Armed Police, holding positions as division commander of the 4th Division, chief commander of Tibet Armed Police Corps, and chief commander of Guangdong Armed Police Corps. In 2007 he became deputy chief of staff of the People's Armed Police, rising to chief of staff in 2009. In 2015 he was promoted to deputy commander of the People's Armed Police.^[6]

Niu became an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012. On October 27, 2016, Niu was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party at the 6th plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[7]

References

1. "CPC Central Committee with Xi as "core" leads China to centenary goals". Xinhuanet. 2016-10-28. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016.
2. "Two senior Chinese officers expelled from Communist Party". CBN. 2016-10-28.
3. Yasir Habib Khan (2017-09-19). "China cleansing corruption at all levels". China Plus.
4. "Chine : Xi Jinping renforce encore son emprise sur le parti communiste". asialyst.com (in French). 2016-10-28.
5. 中国共产党第十八届中央委员会候补委员名单. people (in Chinese). 2012-11-14. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
6. 武警部队参谋长政治部主任易人：原参谋长牛志忠转任副司令员. thepaper (in Chinese). 2015-07-10.
7. 武警原副司令牛志忠被开除党籍 落马系首次披露. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-10-28.

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Military offices
Preceded by Wang Jianping	Chief of Staff of the People's Armed Police 2009–2015	Succeeded by Liu Zhenli