Ding Yi (admiral)
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Ding Yi | |
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丁毅 | |
Deputy Commander of the PLA Navy | |
Assumed office 2013 |
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Commander | Wu Shengli |
Preceded by | Zhang Yongyi |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1959 (age 64–65) Leiyang, Hunan, China |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Military service | |
Allegiance | China |
Service/branch | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Years of service | ? − present |
Rank | 48px Vice Admiral |
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Ding Yi (Chinese: 丁毅; born October 1959) is a vice admiral (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has served as Deputy Commander of the PLAN since 2013.
Biography
Ding was born in October 1959 in Leiyang, Hunan Province.[1] He began his military career as a naval aviator, and served as commander of an aviation division in the East Sea Fleet, deputy chief of staff the North Sea Fleet, and deputy commander and then commander of the PLA Naval Air Force. In 2013, he was promoted to deputy commander of the PLA Navy. He attained the rank of vice admiral on 10 July 2014.[2][3]