After having disappeared for about two months, Defense Minister Li Shangfu (李尚福) has been officially sacked. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress dismissed Li from his ministerial post and his position as state councilor, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday. The already ousted foreign minister, Qin Gang, was also stripped of his post as state councilor. The news had been expected since Li disappeared from public view as abruptly at the end of August as Qin Gang previously.