Zhao Jingmin (赵京民) is the former 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 major general of the People's Liberation Army of China. Life Major General Zhao was born in Shanxi, China, in 1954. He holds degrees in humanities from the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute and the University of Dakar in 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. References Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Shanxi Chinese officials of the United Nations Year of birth missing (living people)