Marshal Ye Jianying |
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叶剑英 | |
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office 5 March 1978 – 18 June 1983 |
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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 |
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In office 5 March 1978 – 16 May 1981 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Premier |
Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng |
Preceded by | Lin Biao |
Succeeded by | Xu Xiangqian |
Member of the National People's Congress |
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In office 15 September 1954 – 6 June 1983 |
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Constituency |
Guangdong At-large (54-59) PLA At-large (59-83) |
1st Mayor of Guangzhou | |
In office 1949–1952 |
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Preceded by | Position Created |
Succeeded by | He Wei |
Marshal of People's Liberation Army | |
In office 1965–1986 |
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Preceded by | Postion Created |
Succeeded by | Postion Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mei County, Guangdong |
28 April 1897
Died | 22 October 1986 Beijing |
(aged 89)
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Alma mater | Whampoa Military Academy |
Awards |
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Ye Jianying | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 葉劍英 | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 叶剑英 | ||||||||||||||
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Birth name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 葉宜偉 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 叶宜伟 | ||||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yè Jiànyīng |
Wade–Giles | Yeh Chien-ying |
IPA | [jê tɕjɛ̂n.íŋ] |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Yip Gim-ying |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yè Yíwěi |
Wade–Giles | Yeh I-wei |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Yip Ji-wai |
Courtesey name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 滄白 | ||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 沧白 | ||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Cāngbái |
Wade–Giles | Ts'ang-pai |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Cong-baak |
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.