Background
Boxiong Guo was born on July, 1942 in Liquan, Shanxi, China.
2007
Guo Boxiong met U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2007.
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Boxiong Guo was born on July, 1942 in Liquan, Shanxi, China.
In August 1958, Boxiong Guo, aged 16 and just finished middle school, began working at a military factory in Xingping, Shaanxi province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1961. Two years later, he joined the Communist Party of China.
Boxiong Guo was trained at China's National Defense University and the Xi'an Army Academy in People's Liberation Army Military Academy where he graduated.
Guo Boxiong earned a series of promotions in the 1970s. In the 55th Division of the 19th Army, he rose from a soldier to chief of staff of the 55th Division by 1982. By 1983 Guo was chief of staff of the 19th Army until 1985, when he became deputy chief of staff of the Lanzhou Military Region after a major re-organization of the PLA that took place under Deng Xiaoping.
Afterwards Guo Boxiong became commander of the 47th Group Army for three years. In 1993 he became deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, the heart of China's defense establishment, and in 1997 commander of the Lanzhou Military Region. In September 1999, Guo Boxiong became a member of the Central Military Commission, deputy chief of staff, and was also promoted to the rank of General.
In 2002, at the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he became the Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). The Vice-Chairmanship of the CMC is the highest executive position given to military officers. Guo served for ten years. He retired at the 18th National Congress in November 2012.
(1963-2015, expelled)
Guo Boxiong has a son, Guo Zhenggang, who was a major general in the People's Liberation Army, who held a leading military post in Zhejiang province.
Guo Boquan (郭伯权) was born in 1961, who, until 2015, headed up the Department of Civil Affairs of Shaanxi province and a former official in the city of Weinan.
