Yu Linxiang
喻林祥
Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police
In office September 2007 – July 2010
Preceded by	Sui Mingtai
Succeeded by	Xu Yaoyuan
Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region
In office December 2004 – September 2007
Preceded by	Liu Yongzhi
Succeeded by	Li Changcai
Personal details
Born	January 1945 (age 78–79) Yingcheng County, Hubei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force People's Armed Police
Years of service	1963–2010
Rank	General

Yu Linxiang (Chinese: 喻林祥; pinyin: Yù Línxiáng; born January 1945) is a retired general (shangjiang) who served as political commissar of the People's Armed Police of China.

Biography

Yu was born in 1945 in Yingcheng, Hubei in January 1945, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1966. Yu attained the rank of general on June 24, 2006. He has served in a number of roles since joining the Party. Yu was first appointed to be the deputy director of the 1st Army, and then the political commissar of the 2nd legion. He has held simultaneous posts as the political commissar of the first division of the Beijing city PAP and the deputy director of the political bureau of the PAP. He next served as the head of the Ministry of Organization under the divisional People's Liberation Army political ministry. Yu then took up the posts of assistant head of the Lanzhou Military Region and the political commissar of the Xinjiang Military District under the Lanzhou MR. He was promoted to political commissar of the Lanzhou MR in December 2004. In September 2007, Yu assumed became political commissar of the People's Armed Police. He was also a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

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