Ye Jizhuang | |
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| 叶季壮 | |
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| 1st Minister of Trade | |
| In office October 1949 – August 1952 | |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister of Foreign Trade) |
| 1st Minister of Foreign Trade | |
| In office August 1952 – June 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Minister of Trade) |
| Succeeded by | Lin Haiyun (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1893 Xinxing County, Guangdong, China |
| Died | 27 June 1967 (aged 73–74) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Spouse | Ma Luzhen |
| Alma mater | Guangdong Provincial Law and Politics School |
Ye Jizhuang (Chinese: 叶季壮; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chi-chuang; 1893–1967) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician nicknamed the "Red Manager".[1] He served as the logistics head of the Red Army during the Long March and of the Yan'an Communist headquarters during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1945, he was among the first three officers awarded the rank of lieutenant general by the Chinese Communist Party, together with Peng Zhen and Chen Yun. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he served as the country's first Minister of Trade and then Minister of Foreign Trade until his death in 1967.