Zhang Yunyi | |
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| Deputy Secretary of the Central Control Commission | |
| In office 27 September 1962 – 12 August 1966 Serving with six other individuals
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| Personal details | |
| Born | August 10, 1892 Wenchang, Qiongzhou, Guangdong (now Wenchang, Hainan) |
| Died | November 19, 1974 (aged 82) |
| Awards | Order of Independence, Order of Liberation, Order of the PLA |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service | People's Liberation Army |
| Rank | Senior General |
| Commands | Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army, Chief of the General Staff |
Zhang Yunyi (Chinese: 张云逸; August 10, 1892 – November 19, 1974), was a Communist revolutionary and military strategist of the People’s Republic of China.[1] Born in Wenchang, Hainan, he joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1926, and took part in the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, the Baise Uprising, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Zhang held the posts of the army commander of the 7th Red Army, the assistant staff officer of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CCP, the commander of a military area, etc., and was named one of the ten Senior Generals (Da Jiang, the second highest rank in the PLA) in 1955.[2] The Zhang Yunyi Memorial Hall is located in Wenchang, Hainan Province.