Zhao Jingmin

Major General Zhao Jingmin was the U.N. force commander for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara of the United Nations and the military head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). He is a member of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Biographical Information
Major General Zhao was born in Shanxi, China, in 1954. He holds degrees in humanities from the Beijing Foreign Language Institute and the University of Dakar, Senegal. He obtained junior, intermediary and senior command level diplomas from the Infantry School of Shijiazhuang, the Shijiazhuang Military Academy and the People’s Liberation Army Academy of National Defence, respectively.

Career
Major General Zhao served in the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) as Chief Liaison Officer from April 1996 to April 1997 and in MINURSO as United Nations Military Observer from September 1991 to June 1992. Major General Zhao is fluent in English and French.