# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cao-gangchuan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:32:10.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cao-gangchuan"
name: "Cao Gangchuan"
slug: "cao-gangchuan"
description: "Cao Gangchuan is a Chinese retired general who was the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense. He was also state councilor and director of the PLA General Armament Department."
tagline: "Former Minister of National Defense of P.R.C."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cao_Gangchuan_071105-D-7203T-005_0Y2A3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كاو جانج تشوان"
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    title: "Cao Gangchuan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump