Kong Jun

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kong.

Kong Jun (Chinese: 孔军; born July 1964) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force, succeeding Lin Xiangyang in December 2021. Previously he served as commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.^[1]

Kong Jun
孔军
Commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2021
Preceded by	Lin Xiangyang
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps
In office April 2017 – December 2021
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	TBA
Personal details
Born	July 1964 (age 61) Hanjiang County, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	–
Rank	Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	孔军
Traditional Chinese	孔軍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kǒng Jūn

Biography

Kong was born in Hanjiang County (now Hanjiang District, Yangzhou), Jiangsu, in July 1964. He served in the Nanjing Military Region for a long time. In January 2016, he became chief of staff of the 12th Group Army, replacing Zheng Min (郑敏).^[2] In April 2017, he was appointed commander of the newly founded People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps,^[3] he remained in that position until December 2021, when he was commissioned as commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force.^[4]