Liu Huaqing

Liu Huaqing
刘华清
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
In office
State Commission:
28 March 1993 – 5 March 1998
Party Commission:
November 1989 – 18 September 1997
ChairmanJiang Zemin
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy
In office
August 1982 – January 1988
Preceded byYe Fei
Succeeded byZhang Lianzhong
Personal details
Born(1916-10-01)1 October 1916
Huang'an County, Hubei, China
Died14 January 2011(2011-01-14) (aged 94)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
ChildrenLiu Zhuoming
Liu Chaoying
Alma materKuznetsov Naval Academy
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Republic of China (1912–1949) Eighth Route Army
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force
 People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service1930–1998
Rank General
Awards August 1 Medal (2nd Class)
Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class)
Order of Liberation (1st Class)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Huáqīng

Liu Huaqing (Chinese: 刘华清; 1 October 1916 – 14 January 2011)[1] was a Chinese revolutionary and an admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy, who served as the third Commander-in-Chief of the Navy from 1982 through 1988. He is considered to have greatly contributed to the modernization of the Chinese Navy, and is hailed as the "father of the modern Chinese Navy" and "father of Chinese aircraft carriers".

  1. ^ "人民网--404页面". Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2018.