Li Zuopeng

Li Zuopeng (simplified Chinese: 李作鹏; traditional Chinese: 李作鵬; pinyin: Lǐ Zuòpéng; April 24, 1914 – January 3, 2009) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Biography

Li was born in Ji'an, Jiangxi in 1914. He joined the Chinese Red Army in 1930.

In the Cultural Revolution, Li was elected as the member of the 9th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 1969. As an ally of Lin Biao, he lost his position after Lin Biao's fall. He was put on trial and given a seventeen-year prison sentence in 1981.

gollark: * irregardlessfully of
gollark: * irregardlessfully
gollark: * hear
gollark: Muons are among my favourite fundamental particles, of course.
gollark: Typographical errors will be punished with conversion into muons.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.