Cheng Zihua
Cheng Zihua | |||||||
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程子华 | |||||||
Cheng Zihua | |||||||
| Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
| In office 12 September 1980 – 10 April 1988 | |||||||
| Chairman | Deng Xiaoping Deng Yingchao | ||||||
| Minister of Civil Affairs | |||||||
| In office 5 March 1978 – 4 May 1982 | |||||||
| Premier | Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang | ||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Cui Naifu | ||||||
| Minister of Commerce | |||||||
| In office 11 September 1958 – 18 February 1960 | |||||||
| Premier | Zhou Enlai | ||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Yun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Yao Yilin | ||||||
| Party Secretary of Shanxi | |||||||
| In office August 1949 – February 1951 | |||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Lai Ruoyu | ||||||
| Governor of Shanxi | |||||||
| In office August 1949 – February 1951 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Pei Lisheng | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | 20 June 1905 Xiezhou, Shanxi, Qing Empire | ||||||
| Died | 30 March 1991 (aged 85) Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Spouse | Zhang Hui | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Alma mater | Republic of China Military Academy | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1926–1950 | ||||||
| Rank | Army group commander (Equivalent to Senior general) | ||||||
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 程子华 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 程子華 | ||||||
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Cheng Zihua (Chinese: 程子华; June 20, 1905 – March 30, 1991) was a People's Republic of China politician and military general. He was born in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province. He was the 1st Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of his home province. He was a delegate to the 3rd (1964-1975), 4th (1975-1978) and 5th (1978-1983) National People's Congress. Cheng was an important part of the Third Front campaign to develop basic and national defense industry in China's interior.