2022 Southern Theater Command Leadership
Commander—Wang Xiubin [王秀斌]
Previous position: Chief of Staff, Eastern Theater Command; Deputy Commander, Eastern Theater Command
DOB: March 1964
Age: 58
Birthplace: Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu Province [江苏省南通市如东县掘港镇港南村]
Education: National Defense University’s Joint Command and Staff College [联合指挥与参谋学院]; Postgraduate class at Zhejiang University; Taught at Nanjing Artillery Academy
Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command—Wang Jianwu [王建武]
Rank: General
Previous position: Deputy Director of the CMC Political Work Department
DOB: August 1958
Age: 64
Birthplace: Luoning, Henan Province [河南省洛宁]
Education: Unknown
Chief of Staff of the Southern Theater Command—Liu Yayong [刘亚永]
Rank: Lieutenant General
Previous position: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Northern Theater Command
DOB: April 1958
Age: 64
Birthplace: Duchang, Jiangxi Province [江西省都昌]
Education: Unknown
PLA units located within the Southern Theater Command include 74th and 75th Group Armies, the Southern Theater Navy, three marine brigades, two PLA Air Force bases, and two PLA Rocket Force bases.
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