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Ye Jianying

Marshal
Ye Jianying
叶剑英
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Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
5 March 1978 – 18 June 1983
President abolished
Preceded by Soong Ching-ling (acting)
Succeeded by Peng Zhen
Head of State of the People's Republic of China
as Chairman of the NPCSC
In office
5 March 1978 – 16 May 1981
Premier Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang
Leader Hua Guofeng
Deng Xiaoping
Preceded by Soong Ching-ling (as chairman of the NPCSC)
Succeeded by Soong Ching-ling (as honorary president)
In office
28 May 1981 – 18 June 1983
Premier Zhao Ziyang
Leader Deng Xiaoping
Preceded by Soong Ching-ling (as honorary president)
Succeeded by Li Xiannian (as president)
Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
In office
17 January 1975 – 26 February 1978
Premier Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng
Preceded by Lin Biao
Succeeded by Xu Xiangqian
Member of the
National People's Congress
In office
15 September 1954 – 6 June 1983
Constituency Guangdong At-large (54-59)
PLA At-large (59-83)
1st Mayor of Guangzhou
In office
1949–1952
Preceded by Position Created
Succeeded by He Wei
Marshal of People's Liberation Army
In office
1965–1986
Preceded by Postion Created
Succeeded by Postion Abolished
Personal details
Born (1897-04-28)28 April 1897
Mei County, Guangdong
Died 22 October 1986(1986-10-22) (aged 89)
Beijing
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Whampoa Military Academy
Awards
Ye Jianying
Traditional Chinese 葉劍英
Simplified Chinese 叶剑英
Birth name
Traditional Chinese 葉宜偉
Simplified Chinese 叶宜伟
Courtesey name
Traditional Chinese 滄白
Simplified Chinese 沧白

Ye Jianying (simplified Chinese: 叶剑英; traditional Chinese: 葉劍英; pinyin: Yè Jiànyīng; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chien-ying; Jyutping: Yip Gim-ying; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese communist general, Marshal of the People's Liberation Army. As the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983, Ye was the head of state of the People's Republic of China.

Born Ye Yiwei (simplified Chinese: 叶宜伟; traditional Chinese: 葉宜偉; pinyin: Yè Yíwěi; Wade–Giles: Yeh I-wei) into a wealthy Christian Hakka merchant family in Mei County, Guangdong his courtesy name was Cangbai (滄白). After graduation from the Yunnan Military Academy in 1919, he joined Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang (KMT). He taught at the Whampoa Military Academy, and in 1927 joined the Communist Party.


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