Lei Mingqiu

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Lei Mingqiu
雷鸣球
Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region
In office December 2000 – September 2007
Preceded by	Fang Zuqi
Succeeded by	Chen Guoling
Director of the Political Department of the Guangzhou Military Region
In office November 1992 – December 1994
Preceded by	Fang Zuqi
Succeeded by	Zhang Guochu [zh]
Personal details
Born	June 1942 (age 82) Qiyang County, Hunan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Zhuzhou Aviation Industry School
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1962–2007
Rank	General
Commands	Guangzhou Military Region Nanjing Military Region
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	雷鸣球
Traditional Chinese	雷鳴球
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Léi Míngqiú

Lei Mingqiu (Chinese: 雷鸣球; born June 1942) is a retired general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He served as Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region.

Lei was born in Qiyang County (now Qidong County), Hunan, in June 1942. He entered aeronautic industry school in Zhuzhou in 1959. He joined the PLA in August 1962, and the Chinese Communist Party in June 1964. In 1971, he became an official at political department of PLA Guangzhou Military Region. He entered PLA political academy in 1980. In 1982, he was promoted to director of political department of army division. He became a vice political commissar of army corps in 1983, and political commissar of army corps in 1985. In January 1992, he was elevated to the director of political department of Guangzhou Military Region. In December 1994, he was transferred to Nanjing Military Region and became vice political commissar, secretary of commission for discipline inspection, and a CPC standing committee member of that MR. He was promoted to political commissar of Nanjing Military Region in December 2000. In March 2008, he was appointed as vice director of ethnicity committee of National People's Congress.

He attained the rank of major general in September 1988, lieutenant general in July 1994, and a general in 2004.^[1]

He was a member of 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Central Committees of Chinese Communist Party, and a standing committee member of the 11th National People's Congress.