Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy

The Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy is the political head of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy
中国人民解放军海军政治委员
Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Yuan Huazhi since January 2022
Member of	Central Military Commission
Reports to	The Chairman
Seat	Beijing
Nominator	The Chairman
Appointer	The Chairman
Formation	1957
First holder	Su Zhenhua
Deputy	Ding Haichun Wang Dengping

Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军海军政治委员
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍海軍政治委員
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūn Zhèngzhìweǐyuán

The commissar is in charge of building Chinese Communist Party organizations and directing political ideology. The political commissar holds a unique position in the PLAN. This post was created in the Sanwan Reorganization [zh] by Mao Zedong in 1927.^{[citation needed]}

List of Political Commissars

No.	Image	Name	Chinese name	Rank	Alma master	Term of Office		Ref
						Began	Ended
1		Su Zhenhua	苏振华	Admiral (1955)	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University	February 1957	June 1967
2		Li Zuopeng	李作鹏	Vice Admiral (1955)		June 1967	September 1971
3		Su Zhenhua	苏振华	Admiral (1955)	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University	March 1973	February 1979
4		Ye Fei	叶飞	Admiral (1955)	Whampoa Military Academy	February 1979	January 1980
5		Li Yaowen	李耀文	Admiral (1988)	People's Liberation Army Advanced Military Academy	January 1980	April 1990
6		Wei Jinshan	魏金山	Vice Admiral (1988)		April 1990	November 1993
7		Zhou Kunren	周坤仁	Admiral (2000)	PLA Nanjing Institute of Politics	November 1993	July 1995
8		Yang Huaiqing	杨怀庆	Rear admiral (1990) Vice admiral (1994) Admiral (2000)	Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party	July 1995	June 2003
9		Hu Yanlin	胡彦林	Rear admiral (1990) Vice admiral (1995) Admiral (2004)	PLA National Defence University	June 2003	July 2008
10		Liu Xiaojiang	刘晓江	Admiral (2011)	Heilongjiang University	July 2008	December 2014	[1]
11		Miao Hua	苗华	Admiral (2015)	National University of Defense Technology	December 2014	September 2017	[2]
12		Qin Shengxiang	秦生祥	Admiral (2019)		September 2017	January 2022
13		Yuan Huazhi	袁华智	Admiral (2022)		January 2022	Incumbent	[3]