Zhu De

Zhu De
朱德
Marshal Zhu De c. 1950s
2nd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
28 April 1959 – 6 July 1976
PresidentLiu Shaoqi
None (Post abolished in 1975)
Preceded byLiu Shaoqi
Succeeded bySoong Ching-ling (acting)
1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China
In office
27 September 1954 – 27 April 1959
ChairmanMao Zedong
Succeeded bySoong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
28 September 1956 – 1 August 1966
ChairmanMao Zedong
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
In office
9 November 1949 – 31 March 1955
Preceded byLi Weihan
Succeeded byDong Biwu
Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army
In office
28 November 1946 – 27 September 1954
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born(1886-12-01)1 December 1886
Yilong County, Sichuan, Qing China
Died6 July 1976(1976-07-06) (aged 89)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1925–1976)
Spouses
Xiao Jufang
(m. 1912; died 1916)
Chen Yuzhen
(m. 1916; died 1935)
Wu Ruolan
(m. 1928; died 1929)
(m. 1929)
Children
Alma materYunnan Military Academy
Nicknames
  • "Old Chief Zhu"
  • "The Father of the Red Army"
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service1927–1976
Rank
Battles/wars
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Dé
Wade–GilesChu Teh
IPAMandarin pronunciation: [tʂú tĕ]
Courtesy name: Yujie
Simplified Chinese朱玉阶
Traditional Chinese朱玉階
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Yùjiē
Wade–GilesChu Yu-chieh
IPAMandarin pronunciation: [tʂú ŷ.tɕjé]

Zhu De[a] (1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Zhu was born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan. He was adopted by a wealthy uncle at age nine and received a superior early education that led to his admission into a military academy. After graduating, he joined a rebel army and became a warlord. Afterward he joined the CCP. He commanded the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. By the end of the civil war he was also a high-ranking party official.

Zhu is regarded as one of the principal founders of the People's Republic of China, and was a prominent political figure until dying in 1976. In 1955, he was ranked first among the ten marshals. He was chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1959 to 1976.
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