# Shanxi Military District

The Shanxi Military District (Chinese: 中国人民解放军山西省军区; 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 | 程子华 | August 1949 | September 1950 |
| Xiao Wenjiu [zh] | 萧文玖 | September 1950 | June 1951 |
| Xiao Siming [zh] | 萧思明 | June 1951 | April 1952 |
| Wang Zifeng [zh] | 王紫峰 | April 1952 | November 1955 |
| Xiao Xinhuai [zh] | 萧新槐 | January 1956 | July 1956 |
| Wang Zifeng [zh] | 王紫峰 | July 1956 | December 1961 |
| Chen Ziyu [zh] | 陈金钰 | March 1962 | November 1968 |
| Xie Zhenhua | 谢振华 | November 1968 | January 1975 |
| Wang Fuzhi [zh] | 王扶之 | January 1975 | May 1980 |
| Geng Shuming [zh] | 耿淑明 | November 1980 | March 1983 |
| Zhang Guangyou [zh] | 张广有 | March 1983 | July 1985 |
| Yu Hongli [zh] | 于鸿礼 | July 1985 | March 1992 |
| Dong Yunhai [zh] | 董云海 | March 1992 | August 1996 |
| Liu Yinchao [zh] | 刘荫超 | August 1996 | August 2000 |
| Duan Duanwu [zh] | 段端武 | August 2000 | June 2003 |
| Zheng Chuanfu [zh] | 郑传福 | June 2003 | December 2005 |
| Fang Wenping | 方文平 | December 2005 | September 2010 |
| Liu Yunhai [zh] | 刘云海 | September 2010 | December 2013 |
| Leng Jiesong [zh] | 冷杰松 | December 2013 | August 2016 |
| Zou Xiaoping [zh] | 邹小平 | 2017 | August 2018 |
| Han Qiang [zh] | 韩强 | August 2018 | August 2022 |
| Deng Yu'en [zh] | 邓玉恩 | August 2022 | October 2023 |
| Tian Yue [zh] | 田越 | October 2023 | |

### Political commissars

| Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | Ref. |
| Cheng Zihua | 程子华 | October 1949 | September 1950 | |
| Lai Ruoyu | 赖若愚 | September 1950 | October 1952 | |
| Gao Kelin | 高克林 | October 1952 | August 1953 | |
| Tao Lujia | 陶鲁笳 | August 1953 | October 1965 | |
| Zhang Riqing [zh] | 张日清 | March 1960 | April 1971 | Second Political Commissar |
| Wei Heng | 卫恒 | October 1965 | January 1967 | First Political Commissar |
| Liu Geping | 刘格平 | March 1967 | April 1971 | First Political Commissar |
| Cao Zhongnan [zh] | 曹中南 | March 1970 | May 1978 | |
| Liu Shihong [zh] | 刘世洪 | March 1970 | June 1975 | |
| Li Bude | 李布德 | October 1970 | March 1983 | |
| Liu Yantian [zh] | 刘炎田 | May 1972 | November 1975 | |
| Zheng Xiaofeng [zh] | 郑效峰 | June 1975 | July 1981 | |
| Wang Qian [zh] | 王谦 | April 1977 | February 1980 | First Political Commissar |
| Wang Bicheng [zh] | 王弼臣 | December 1978 | August 1981 | |
| Huo Shilian | 霍士廉 | February 1980 | July 1983 | First Political Commissar |
| Li Ligong | 李立功 | July 1983 | July 1985 | First Political Commissar |
| Luo Jinghui [zh] | 罗敬辉 | July 1985 | June 1990 | |
| Cao Ding [zh] | 曹丁 | June 1990 | February 1993 | |
| Zhang Zhen [zh] | 张珍 | February 1993 | April 1994 | |
| Chen Deyi | 陈德毅 | April 1994 | December 2000 | |
| Kuai Wanzeng [zh] | 郐万增 | December 2000 | December 2003 | |
| Li Guohui [zh] | 李国辉 | January 2004 | July 2008 | |
| Zhang Shaohua [zh] | 张少华 | July 2008 | March 2015 | |
| Guo Zhigang [zh] | 郭志刚 | March 2015 | October 2018 | |
| Wei Wenbo [zh] | 魏文波 | October 2018 | January 2019 | |
| Sha Chenglu [zh] | 沙成录 | May 2020 | July 2022 | |
| Xu Baolong [zh] | 徐宝龙 | July 2022 | | |

### Political commissars

| Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends |
| Han Weimin [zh] | 韩卫民 | June 1954 | April 1959 |
| Cao Yuqing [zh] | 曹玉清 | April 1959 | February 1962 |
| Zhang Yibo [zh] | 张一波 | February 1962 | February 1965 |
| Wang Xiangyun [zh] | 王祥云 | February 1965 | August 1968 |
| Yuan Tao [zh] | 袁涛 | August 1968 | October 1970 |
| Li Zhiguang [zh] | 李之光 | October 1970 | May 1978 |
| Li Hui [zh] | 李惠 | May 1978 | January 1981 |
| Liu Jian [zh] | 刘健 | January 1981 | March 1983 |
| Meng Lingchun [zh] | 孟令春 | March 1983 | July 1985 |
| Liang Huisheng [zh] | 梁惠生 | July 1985 | November 1986 |
| Liu Yinchao [zh] | 刘荫超 | November 1986 | June 1988 |
| Shu Guohan [zh] | 舒国汉 | June 1988 | June 1990 |
| Wang Ruiqi [zh] | 王瑞琪 | June 1990 | March 1992 |
| Liang Huisheng [zh] | 梁惠生 | March 1992 | August 1996 |
| Gao Fu [zh] | 高富 | August 1996 | August 1999 |
| Ma Jingran [zh] | 马景然 | August 1999 | February 2002 |
| Li Dongjun [zh] | 李东军 | February 2002 | December 2005 |
| Ji Yafu [zh] | 姬亚夫 | December 2005 | 2010 |
| Jiang Shixin [zh] | 蒋世欣 | 2010 | 2010 |
| Zhang Ren [zh] | 张韧 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Zhao Jilu [zh] | 赵冀鲁 | 2012 | 2012 |
| Xu Hongsheng [zh] | 徐洪生 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Wu Guozhi [zh] | 吴国志 | 2013 | 2017 |