Guan Youfei

Guan Youfei
关友飞

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Charles W. Hopper (right), a Defense attache, observes relief operations with Rear Admiral Guan Youfei, deputy director for the Chinese Defense Ministry's foreign affairs office in 2008.
Director of the Central Military Commission's International Military Cooperation Office
Assumed office
15 January 2016
Director of the Ministry of National Defence Foreign Affairs Office
In office
February 2013  January 2016
Personal details
Born 1957 (age 5859)
Wuzhou, Guangxi
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater The High School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University
Dalian Naval Academy
Military service
Allegiance  People's Republic of China
Service/branch  People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service 1976-present
Rank Rear Admiral
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Guan.

Guan Youfei (simplified Chinese: 关友飞; traditional Chinese: 關友飛; pinyin: Guān Yǒufēi; born 1957) is a rear admiral (shao jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has been director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission since January 2016.[1]

Biography

Guan Youfei was born in 1957 in Wuzhou, Guangxi. In 1975 he graduated from The High School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University. He was conscripted into military service in 1976, during the end of the Cultural Revolution. He served in various posts in the navy ship force before studying at Dalian Naval Academy. In 2008, he was appointed deputy director of the Ministry of National Defence Foreign Affairs Office, and five years later promoted to the Director position. Guan Youfei was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (shao jiang) in 2009. On January 15, 2016, he became director of the newly established Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission , after China's reform of national defense and the army (中央军委关于深化国防和军队改革的意见).[2]

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Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission
2016
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2016
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