Chen Deyi

Chen Deyi (born 24 October 1943) is a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Tianjing Garrison Command from 1990 to 1993 and political commissar of the Shanxi Military District from 1994 to 2000. He was a representative of the 14th and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography
Chen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, on 24 October 1943, while his ancestral home in the town of Qingyang, Jiangyin. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1961, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1964. He enrolled at the PLA Beijing Political College in October 1980 and later studied at the PLA National Defence University in 1993. In June 1990, he was commissioned as political commissar of the Tianjing Garrison Command, he remained in that position until February 1993, when he was transferred to the neighboring Shanxi province and appointed political commissar of the Shanxi Military District.