Wei Guoqing

Wei Guoqing
韦国清
Wei Guoqing
Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
In office
August 1977 – September 1982
Preceded byZhang Chunqiao
Succeeded byYu Qiuli
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
In office
October 1975 – January 1979
GovernorHimself
Preceded byZhao Ziyang
Succeeded byXi Zhongxun
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
17 January 1975 – 14 June 1989
ChairpersonZhu DeSong QinglingYe JianyingPeng ZhenWan Li
Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi
In office
January 1967 – October 1975
GovernorHimself
Preceded byQiao Xiaoguang
Succeeded byAn Pingsheng
In office
July 1961 – April 1970
Preceded byLiu Jianxun
Succeeded byQiao Xiaoguang
In office
August 1955 – June 1956
Preceded byZhang Yunyi
Succeeded byChen Manyuan
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
5 January 1965 – 17 June 1983
ChairpersonZhou EnlaiDeng Xiaoping
Political Commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region
In office
November 1966 – August 1977
Preceded byTao Zhu
Succeeded byXiang Zhonghua [zh]
Personal details
Born
Wei Bangkuan

(1913-09-02)2 September 1913
Donglan County, Guangxi, China
Died14 June 1989(1989-06-14) (aged 75)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Spouse(s)Liang Zhengxiang
Xu Qiqian
Children5
Alma materCounter-Japanese Military and Political University
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service
Years of service1929–1982
Rank General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
First Indochina War
Awards
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWéi Guóqīng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWai5 Gwok3-cing1
Wei Bangkuan
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWéi Bāngkuān
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWai5 Bong1-fun1
Zhuang name
ZhuangVeiz Gozcing

Wei Guoqing (Chinese: 韦国清; pinyin: Wéi Guóqīng; Zhuang: Veiz Gozcing; 2 September 1913 – 14 June 1989) was a Chinese government official, military officer and political commissar of Zhuang ethnicity. He served as the Chairman of Guangxi from 1958 to 1975 and on the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo (1973–1982) and as Director of the People's Liberation Army's General Political Department (1977–1982). Wei was one of the few members of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committees (1969–1987) and the 10th through 12th politburos not purged during the Cultural Revolution or Deng Xiaoping's backlash.[1] He was also a Vice Chair of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (1975–1989) and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1964–1983).

  1. ^ The others were Marshall Ye Jianying, General Xu Shiyou, economist Li Xiannian, and "mass" representative Ni Zhifu