Zhu De
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Zhu De | |
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朱德 | |
2nd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office April 28, 1959 – July 6, 1976 | |
President | Abolished (since 1975) |
Preceded by | Liu Shaoqi |
Succeeded by | Soong Ching-ling (acting) |
Head of State of the People's Republic of China as Chairman of the NPCSC | |
In office January 17, 1975 – July 6, 1976 | |
Premier | Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng |
Leader | Mao Zedong |
Preceded by | Dong Biwu (as acting chairman of the PRC) |
Succeeded by | Soong Ching-ling (acting) |
1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China | |
In office September 27, 1954 – April 27, 1959 | |
Chairman | Mao Zedong |
Succeeded by | Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu |
Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China | |
In office 28 September 1956 – 1 August 1966 | |
Chairman | Mao Zedong |
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
In office November, 1949 – March, 1955 | |
Preceded by | Li Weihan |
Succeeded by | Dong Biwu |
Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army | |
In office November 28, 1946 – September 27, 1954 | |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Post abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Yilong County, Sichuan | 1 December 1886
Died | 6 July 1976 Beijing | (aged 89)
Cause of death | Flu |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Spouse(s) |
Xiao Jufang
(m. 1912; death 1916)Chen Yuzhen
(m. 1916; death 1935)Wu Ruolan
(m. 1928; death 1929) |
Children | Zhu Qi Zhu Min |
Awards | Order of Victory of Resistance against Aggression (1945) Order of August the First (1st Class Medal) (1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (1st Class Medal) (1955) Order of Liberation (1st Class Medal) (1955) More... |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Communist Party of China People's Republic of China |
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Eighth Route Army Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army National Revolutionary Army Yunnan clique |
Years of service | 1927–1976 |
Rank | Marshal of the People's Republic of China General of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China |
Battles/wars | Northern Expedition |
Zhu De | |||||||||||
Chinese | 朱德 | ||||||||||
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Courtesy name: Yujie | |||||||||||
Chinese | 朱玉阶 | ||||||||||
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Zhu De (/ˈdʒuː ˈdeɪ/ (also Chu Teh; 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, warlord, politician and revolutionary. He was one of of the founders of the Communist Party of China. He was a high-ranking official of the Chinese Red Army. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
In 1955 he became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army. He was the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1975 to 1976. Zhu was the head of state of the People's Republic of China.
Zhu died on 6 July 1976 in Beijing at the age of 89.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Zhu De Death". chinadaily.com.cn.