# Yu Guang

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| office1          = Deputy Political Commissar of the [People's Liberation Army Rocket Force](/source/People's_Liberation_Army_Rocket_Force)
| term_start1      = July 2018
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| 1namedata1       = [Wang Jiasheng](/source/Wang_Jiasheng)→[Xu Zhongbo](/source/Xu_Zhongbo)
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'''Yu Guang''' ({{lang-zh|c=禹光|p=Yǔ Guāng}}; born October 1958) is a [lieutenant general](/source/lieutenant_general) in the [People's Liberation Army](/source/People's_Liberation_Army) of China who served as deputy [political commissar](/source/political_commissar) of the [People's Liberation Army Rocket Force](/source/People's_Liberation_Army_Rocket_Force) from 2018 to 2021.

He was an alternate of the [19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/19th_Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party).<ref>{{cite news |editor1=Nie Chenjing ({{lang|zh|聂晨静}}) |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//politics/19cpcnc/2017-10/24/c_1121846986.htm |script-title=zh:中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>

==Biography==
Yu was born in the town of Tuanshan, [Shaodong County](/source/Shaodong) (now Shaodong), [Hunan](/source/Hunan), in October 1958. He served in the [People's Liberation Army General Political Department](/source/People's_Liberation_Army_General_Political_Department)  for a long time. In December 2014, he was appointed head of the Publicity Division of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department, succeeding {{ill|Zhou Tao (major general)|zh|周涛 (少将)|Zhou Tao}}. He was promoted to assistant director of the [Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission](/source/Political_Work_Department_of_the_Central_Military_Commission) in January 2016, and was promoted again to deputy director in July 2017.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Wang Jun ({{lang|zh|王俊}}) |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1618181 |script-title=zh:禹光少将晋升副战区级，曾任中央军委政治工作部主任助理 |work=thepaper.cn |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=21 October 2022 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Lin Yunshi ({{lang|zh|林韵诗}}) |url=https://china.caixin.com/2017-02-16/101055946.html |script-title=zh:禹光少将任军委政治工作部副主任 |work=caixin.com |date=16 February 2017 |access-date=21 October 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> One year later, he was appointed as deputy political commissar of the [People's Liberation Army Rocket Force](/source/People's_Liberation_Army_Rocket_Force).

He was promoted to the rank of [major general](/source/major_general) (''[shaojiang](/source/Jiang_(rank))'') in December 2011 and [lieutenant general](/source/lieutenant_general) (''[zhongjiang](/source/Jiang_(rank))'') in July 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.qq.com/a/20180725/040252.htm |script-title=zh:火箭军副政委禹光晋升中将，王兆军等5人晋升少将 |work=qq.com |date=25 July 2018 |access-date=21 October 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>

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Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Shaodong
Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Hunan
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan
Category:Alternates of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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