Miao Hua
former Chinese military officer
Miao Hua (Chinese: 苗华; born November 1955) is a former admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He served as the director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission from October 2017 to June 2025. Previously, he served as political commissar of the PLA Navy from December 2014 to September 2017, and political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region in 2014.
Miao had also served as a member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was considered to have been a part of the Fujian clique of the Xi Jinping faction in the CCP.
Biography
Miao Hua was born in November 1955 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. He is of Rugao, Jiangsu ancestry.
He enlisted in the PLA in December 1969, serving as a soldier in the 274th regiment of the 92nd division of the 31st Group Army, in the Nanjing Military Region. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1973. In the 1980s, he served as a political commissar in several regiments. In the 1990s, he rose to director of the Political Department of the 93rd division, and then political commissar of the 91st division.
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