{{Family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Liu Lei | native_name = 刘雷 | native_name_lang = zh-cn | image = | caption = | office = Political Commissar of the PLA Ground Force | term_start = December 2015 | term_end = January 2022 | predecessor = ''New position'' | successor = Qin Shutong | office1 = Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region | term_start1 = December 2014 | term_end1 = December 2015 | predecessor1 = Miao Hua | successor1 = ''Post abolished'' | office2 = Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District | term_start2 = July 2013 | term_end2 = December 2014 | predecessor2 = Wang Jianmin | successor2 = Li Wei | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957|2}} | birth_place = Liaocheng, Shandong, China | death_date = | death_place = | party = Chinese Communist Party | alma_mater = PLA National Defence University<br>Chinese Academy of Sciences | spouse = | allegiance = {{PRC}} | branch = {{army|PRC}} | service_years = 1973–2022 | rank = 48px General | commands = | unit = | battles = | mawards = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st | s = {{linktext|刘|雷}} | t = {{linktext|劉|雷}} | p = Liú Léi }} }} '''Liu Lei''' ({{lang-zh|s=刘雷}}; born February 1957) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Political Commissar of the PLA Ground Force since December 2015, and formerly served as Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region and the Xinjiang Military District.
==Biography== Liu Lei was born in February 1957 in Liaocheng, Shandong province. He joined the PLA in 1973 at age 16. In the 1990s, he graduated from the joint combat commander training program of the PLA National Defence University. He also studied at the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and holds a doctoral degree.<ref name=ifeng>{{cite web |url=http://renwuku.news.ifeng.com/index/detail/891/liulei |title=Liu Lei |publisher=Phoenix News Media |accessdate=25 August 2015 |language=Chinese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906194018/http://renwuku.news.ifeng.com/index/detail/891/liulei |archive-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=caixin>{{cite news |url=http://china.caixin.com/2015-01-06/100771680.html |script-title=zh:兰州军区政工将领大换血 |newspaper=Caixin |date=6 January 2015 |language=Chinese}}</ref>
Liu has served in the Lanzhou Military Region for more than 40 years, including many years in the 21st Group Army. In June 2003, he became Director of the Political Department of the Nanjiang (Southern Xinjiang) Military District. He attained the rank of major general in July 2004. In January 2007, he became Political Commissar of the 21st Army. He was appointed Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District, which is under the Lanzhou MR, in July 2013.<ref name=ifeng/><ref name=caixin/>
In November 2013, six days after a suicide attack on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, thought to be perpetrated by Uyghurs from Xinjiang, Commander Peng Yong of the Xinjiang MD was removed from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and replaced by Liu Lei.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zaobao.com.sg/media/photo/story20131104-272504 |script-title=zh:天安门冲撞事件后 新疆军区司令彭勇被免党职 |date=4 November 2013 |newspaper=Lianhe Zaobao |language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/world/asia/china-demotes-a-military-commander-after-attack-in-beijing.html |title=China Strips Army Official of Position After Attack |date=3 November 2013 |author=Andrew Jacobs |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
Liu attained the rank of lieutenant general (''zhongjiang'') in July 2014, and was promoted to Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region in December 2014, replacing Miao Hua, who had been promoted to Political Commissar of the PLA Navy. Major General Li Wei succeeded Liu as Political Commissar of the Xinjiang MD.<ref name=ifeng/><ref name=caixin/> In December 2015, he was made the inaugural Political Commissar of People's Liberation Army Ground Force. On July 28, 2017, Liu was promoted to the rank of general (''shangjiang'').<ref>{{Cite web |url =http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170728/51524178_0.shtml |script-title=zh: 中部战区司令员韩卫国等5人晋升为上将 |author = |date = 2017-07-28 |publisher = Ifeng |language =zh}}</ref>
On 2 March 2026, the fifteenth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) adopted a decision to revoke Liu's membership in the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC and to remove him from his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC National Committee.
== References == {{Reflist}}
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