The Shanxi Military District (; full name People's Liberation Army Shanxi Military District or PLA Shanxi Military District) is a military district of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission in China.
History The Shanxi Military District was founded on 1 September 1949.
Leaders Commanders Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends Cheng Zihua August 1949 September 1950 September 1950 June 1951 June 1951 April 1952 April 1952 November 1955 January 1956 July 1956 July 1956 December 1961 March 1962 November 1968 Xie Zhenhua November 1968 January 1975 January 1975 May 1980 November 1980 March 1983 March 1983 July 1985 July 1985 March 1992 March 1992 August 1996 August 1996 August 2000 August 2000 June 2003 June 2003 December 2005 Fang Wenping December 2005 September 2010 September 2010 December 2013 December 2013 August 2016 2017 August 2018 August 2018 August 2022 August 2022 October 2023 October 2023
Political commissars Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends Cheng Zihua October 1949 September 1950 Lai Ruoyu September 1950 October 1952 Gao Kelin October 1952 August 1953 Tao Lujia August 1953 October 1965 March 1960 April 1971 Second Political Commissar Wei Heng October 1965 January 1967 First Political Commissar Liu Geping March 1967 April 1971 First Political Commissar March 1970 May 1978 March 1970 June 1975 Li Bude October 1970 March 1983 May 1972 November 1975 June 1975 July 1981 April 1977 February 1980 First Political Commissar December 1978 August 1981 Huo Shilian February 1980 July 1983 First Political Commissar Li Ligong July 1983 July 1985 First Political Commissar July 1985 June 1990 June 1990 February 1993 February 1993 April 1994 Chen Deyi April 1994 December 2000 December 2000 December 2003 January 2004 July 2008 July 2008 March 2015 March 2015 October 2018 October 2018 January 2019 May 2020 July 2022 July 2022
Political commissars Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends June 1954 April 1959 April 1959 February 1962 February 1962 February 1965 February 1965 August 1968 August 1968 October 1970 October 1970 May 1978 May 1978 January 1981 January 1981 March 1983 March 1983 July 1985 July 1985 November 1986 November 1986 June 1988 June 1988 June 1990 June 1990 March 1992 March 1992 August 1996 August 1996 August 1999 August 1999 February 2002 February 2002 December 2005 December 2005 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2017
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