Xiao Ke
| Xiao Ke | |
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| 萧克 | |
Xiao Ke in 1955
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| Vice Chairman of the CPPCC | |
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In office September 1980 – March 1983 |
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| Chairman of the Central Military Commission | Deng Xiaoping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 14, 1907 Jiahe County, Hunan Province, Qing Empire |
| Died | October 24, 2008 (aged 101) Beijing |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 People's Republic of China
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| Service/branch |
 People's Liberation Army
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| Years of service | 1926-1983 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands | Sixth Army Group |
| Battles/wars | Encirclement Campaigns, Long March, 2nd Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War |
Xiao Ke (simplified Chinese: 萧克; traditional Chinese: 蕭克; pinyin: Xiāo Kè; July 14, 1907 – October 24, 2008) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, former vice chairman of the CPPCC, as well as principal of the University of Military and Politics.
Xiao was born in Jiahe County, Hunan Province of China.
He joined the National Revolutionary Army and participated the Northern Expedition in 1926. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and fought in Nanchang Uprising. He went to Jinggangshan and was recruited to the Red Fourth Army.
Between 1930-1933, he was appointed as first to command of the Red Army's Fifth Division, then its Eighth Army, and later Sixth Army Group, fighting in many battles resisting the Nationalist's Encirclement Campaigns. In August 1934, he led the Sixth Army Group out west of the Jiangxi Soviet as pathfinders for what was to become the Long March. Among his unit was future major general Li Zhen. The Sixth Corps subsequently joined forces under He Long to become the Second Front Army. They co-founded Xiang-E-Chuan-Qian Soviet District. In July 1936, he was appointed to deputy command of the Second Front Army.
Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Xiao was appointed second-in-command of the 120th division of the famous Eighth Route Army, deputy commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and commander of Ji-Re-Liao Military Region. He was made Lieutenant General in the National Revolution Army of the Republic of China.
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