Li Desheng
Li Desheng | |
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People's Liberation Army General Political Department | |
In office 1969–1975 | |
Preceded by | Xiao Hua |
Succeeded by | Zhang Chunqiao |
Personal details | |
Born | Guangshan County, Henan, China | 4 May 1916
Died | 8 May 2011 Beijing | (aged 95)
Li Desheng (
Pre- and Post-Liberation
Li was a regiment supply section political instructor in 1934 and a platoon leader in 1937. He participated in the
Cultural Revolution
As the PLA moved to quell the
He saw his authority increase during the downfall of
In 1973, at the 10th CCP Congress, Li was elected a full member of the Politburo, as well as member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Vice-Chairman of the CCP Central Committee.[9] Although he was ranked last among the five vice-chairmen,[9] the combination of his posts made him very influential in Chinese politics.
Mao Zedong, however, soon started to criticize the activity of the Military Commission and to propose a rotation of military region commanders.[10] On December 22, 1973 Li switched posts with Chen Xilian, so becoming commander of the Shenyang Military Region. In the meantime, he apparently clashed with Jiang Qing.[10]
Li resigned during the 2nd Plenary Session of the 10th CCP Central Committee in January 1975, and politically disappeared until after the coup d’état against the Gang of Four, when he reemerged as a member of the CCP Central Military Commission in August 1977.[11] He also served as head of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Dease in North China in 1977, political commissar of the Leading Group of All-Army Financial and Economical Discipline Inspection, and president of the Chinese Patriotic Programs Federation.
Li’s last jobs were as political commissar of the
References
- ^ The Museum of Revolutionary Base Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Editorial Board, Who's Who in China: Current Leaders (Foreign Language Press, Beijing: 1989), p. 315; hereafter Who's Who.
- Sina.com, May 8, 2011.
- ^ Swaine, p. 44, Who's Who, p. 315.
- ^ Press Communique of the First Plenary Session of the Ninth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (April 28, 1969)
- ^ 人物风流:李德生将军担任中共中央副主席前后
- ^ Whitson, William and Huang Chen-hsia, The Chinese High Command: A History of Military Politics, 1927-71 (Praeger, New York: 1973) p. 255, 550.
- ^ Struggle to Smash the Lin-Ch'en Anti-Party Clique's Counterrevolutionary Coup, CCP Central Committee Document No. 4 (January 1972), in VV.AA. Chinese Politics: Ninth Party Congress (1969) to the death of Mao (1976), p. 146
- ^ a b Press Communique of the First Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (August 30, 1973)
- ^ a b 人物风流:李德生将军担任中共中央副主席前后
- ^ http://rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF182/CF182.ch2.pdf Archived 2006-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 67-72.
- ^ International Who's Who, 2004