Zhao Nanqi information

Zhao Nanqi
Zhao Nanqi
赵南起
Director of the PLA General Logistics Department
	In office; 1987–1992
Preceded by	Hong Xuezhi
Succeeded by	Fu Quanyou
President of the PLA Academy of Military Science
	In office; 1992–1995
Preceded by	Jiang Shunxue
Succeeded by	Xu Huizi
Personal details
Born	20 April 1927; Cheongwon County, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	17 June 2018 (aged 91); Beijing, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse	Lin Chunshu
Military service
Allegiance	China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	1945–1995
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Korean War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵南起
Traditional Chinese	趙南起
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Nánqǐ
Wade–Giles	Chao Nan-ch’i
IPA	[ʈʂâʊ nǎntɕʰì]
Korean name
Hangul	조남기
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Jo Nam-ki
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Nam-gi

This is a Chinese and Korean name; the family name is Zhao (Cho).

Zhao Nanqi (Chinese: 赵南起; 20 April 1927 – 17 June 2018), or Cho Nam-gi (Korean: 조남기), was a General of the People's Republic of China and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1998 to 2003, and Vice-chairman of the 5th National People's Congress.

Born in Japanese-ruled Korea, he moved to Jilin, China as a child. He distinguished himself as a logistics officer of the People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War. After the war, he served in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Jilin Military District and as Vice Governor of Jilin province. He later served in top leadership positions in the PLA as Director of the General Logistics Department (1987–1992), member of the Central Military Commission, and President of the PLA Academy of Military Science (1992–1995). He attained the top military rank of three star General in 1988. From 1998 to 2003 he served as a Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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