Li Dequan

Li Dequan
李德全
Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China
In office
19 October 1949 – 4 January 1964
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byQian Xinzhong
Personal details
Born(1896-08-09)August 9, 1896
Tongzhou, Shuntian Prefecture, Zhili, China
(now Tongzhou District, Beijing, China)
Died23 April 1972(1972-04-23) (aged 75)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Spouse
(m. 1924; died 1948)
Children4

Li Dequan (Li Teh-Chuan[1] Chinese: 李德全; 1896–1972) was the first Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1965.[2][3]

  1. ^ Le parti communiste chinois au pouvoir. Payot. 1979. ISBN 9782228335904.
  2. ^ Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (1998). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. M.E. Sharpe. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-7656-0798-0.
  3. ^ Medical Transitions in Twentieth-Century China. Indiana University Press. 14 August 2014. ISBN 9780253014948.