Ren Bishi | |
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| 任弼时 | |
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| Secretary General of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office 19 June 1945 – 27 October 1950 | |
| Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Preceded by | Qu Qiubai |
| Succeeded by | Deng Xiaoping |
| Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office July 1928 – 27 October 1950 | |
| Minister of Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office January 1933 - March 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Huang Li |
| Succeeded by | Kang Sheng |
| First Secretary of Chinese Communist Youth League | |
| In office May 1927 - June 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Tailei |
| Succeeded by | Guan Xiangying |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 April 1904 Hunan, Qing Empire |
| Died | 27 October 1950 (aged 46) Beijing, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1922–1950) |
| Spouse | Chen Congying (m. 1926) |
| Alma mater | Communist University of the Toilers of the East |
| Occupation | Military and Political Leader |
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Ren Bishi (Chinese: 任弼时; pinyin: Rén Bìshí; Wade–Giles: Jen Pi-shih; 30 April 1904 – 27 October 1950) was a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In the early 1930s, Ren commanded the Fifth Red Army and was a central figure in the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, but he was forced to abandon his base after being pressured by Chiang Kai-shek's Fifth Encirclement Campaigns. In October 1934 Ren and his surviving troops joined the forces of He Long, who had set up a base in Guizhou. In the command structure of the new Second Front Army, He became the military commander and Ren served as its political commissar. Under threat from advancing Kuomintang troops, Ren and He were forced to retreat and went on to participate in the Long March in 1935.[1] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ren was the representative of the CCP at the Communist International and the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Ren was considered a rising figure within the CCP until his death at the age of 46.[2] He was the fifth most senior party member of the 7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party before his death.
- ^ Leung, Edward Pak-wah. Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War. United States of America: Scarecrow Press. 2002. ISBN 0-8108-4435-4. p.50.
- ^ "Ren Bishi". People's Daily Online. Retrieved April 21, 2011.