Liu Xiaojiang
| Liu Xiaojiang | |
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| 刘晓江 | |
| Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy | |
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In office July 2008 – December 2014 |
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| Commander | Wu Shengli |
| Preceded by | Hu Yanlin |
| Succeeded by | Miao Hua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1949 (age 67) Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) | Li Heng (daughter of Hu Yaobang) |
| Alma mater | Heilongjiang University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 China
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| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Years of service | 1970−2014 |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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Liu Xiaojiang (Chinese: 刘晓江; born December 1949) is a retired Chinese admiral who served as Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) from 2008 to 2014. He is the son-in-law of former CPC general secretary Hu Yaobang.
Liu was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, of Ji'an, Jiangxi ancestry. He is the son of Liu Haibin (), a Red Army veteran, and the son-in-law of Hu Yaobang, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. He is therefore considered a princeling general.
In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Liu was forced to work on a rural commune in Xixiang County, Shaanxi, as an "educated youth". He remained there for two years before joining the military.
Liu entered the PLA Ground Force in 1970 as a soldier in the railroad corps, and was eventually made a platoon leader. At some point in the 1970s he became a political officer, and served as director of the Propaganda Department for a ground forces division.
Most likely due to the upheaval of the early Cultural Revolution, which brought higher education in China to a standstill, Liu did not begin his undergraduate education until age 23, two years after joining the PLA. From April 1972 to January 1975, Liu studied at the Chinese Department of Heilongjiang University.
From 1978 to 1980, Liu served in the PLA General Staff Department (GSD) as secretary of the Headquarters Office of the GSD Communications Department. From 1980 to 1983, Liu served as personal secretary to the powerful former PLA Navy commander and Central Military Commission (CMC) vice-chair Liu Huaqing.
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