Zhu De
Zhu De | |||||||||||
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朱德 | |||||||||||
Marshal Zhu De c. 1950s | |||||||||||
| 2nd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |||||||||||
| In office 28 April 1959 – 6 July 1976 | |||||||||||
| President | Liu Shaoqi None (Post abolished in 1975) | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Shaoqi | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Soong Ching-ling (acting) | ||||||||||
| 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China | |||||||||||
| In office 27 September 1954 – 27 April 1959 | |||||||||||
| Chairman | Mao Zedong | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu | ||||||||||
| Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||||
| In office 28 September 1956 – 1 August 1966 | |||||||||||
| Chairman | Mao Zedong | ||||||||||
| Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |||||||||||
| In office 9 November 1949 – 31 March 1955 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Li Weihan | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dong Biwu | ||||||||||
| Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army | |||||||||||
| In office 28 November 1946 – 27 September 1954 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Post established | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Post abolished Mao Zedong(as of President of China) | ||||||||||
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| Born | 1 December 1886 Yilong County, Sichuan, Qing China | ||||||||||
| Died | 6 July 1976 (aged 89) Beijing, China | ||||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1925–1976) | ||||||||||
| Spouses | Xiao Jufang
(m. 1912; died 1916)Chen Yuzhen
(m. 1916; died 1935)Wu Ruolan
(m. 1928; died 1929) | ||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Yunnan Military Academy | ||||||||||
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| Years of service | 1927–1976 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 朱德 | ||||||||||
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| Courtesy name: Yujie | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 朱玉阶 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 朱玉階 | ||||||||||
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Zhu De (1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Zhu was born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan. He was adopted by a wealthy uncle at age nine and received a superior early education that led to his admission into a military academy. After graduating, he joined a rebel army and became a warlord. Afterward he joined the CCP. He commanded the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. By the end of the civil war he was also a high-ranking party official.
Zhu is regarded as one of the principal founders of the People's Republic of China, and was a prominent political figure until dying in 1976. In 1955, he was ranked first among the ten marshals. He was chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1959 to 1976.