Lu Han (general)

Lu Han
Lu Han
Governor of Yunnan
In office
1 December 1945 – 9 December 1949
Preceded byLong Yun
Li Zonghuang [zh] (acting)
Succeeded byLi Mi
Personal details
Born(1895-02-06)6 February 1895
Zhaotong, Yunnan Province, Qing Empire
Died13 May 1974(1974-05-13) (aged 79)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
NationalityChinese (of Yi ethnicity)
Political partyKuomintang (until 1949) Chinese Communist Party (1949–1974)
Alma materYunnan Military Academy
Military service
AllegianceChina Republic of China
 People's Republic of China
Branch/serviceChina Yunnan clique (1922–1927)
National Revolutionary Army (1927–1947)
Republic of China Army (1947–1949)
Years of service1922–1949
Rank General
Battles/wars
Lu Han
Traditional Chinese盧漢
Simplified Chinese卢汉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLú Hàn
Lu Han residence

Lu Han (simplified Chinese: 卢汉; traditional Chinese: 盧漢; pinyin: Lú Hàn; 6 February 1895 – 13 May 1974)[1] was a Chinese general of Yi ethnicity, who served in important military and political positions under both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.[2][3] A prominent warlord of Yunnan, he was closely associated with Long Yun, who was first an ally and then a rival, although both ended up collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[4]

A graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy, Lu Han notably commanded the 1st Group Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[5] After the CCP victory in the Chinese Civil War, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and went on to serve as Vice President of the National Sports Commission (today the General Administration of Sport), member of both the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, as well as Vice Chairman of the Southwest China Military and Political Committee.[6]

  1. ^ Malcolm Lamb (2003). Directory of officials and organizations in China, Volume 1. M.E. Sharpe. p. 1733. ISBN 0-7656-1020-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  2. ^ Graham Hutchings (2003). Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change. Harvard University Press. p. 483. ISBN 0-674-01240-2.
  3. ^ Archimedes L. A. Patti (1980). Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's albatross. University of California Press. p. 487. ISBN 0-520-04156-9.
  4. ^ Helen Rees (2000). Echoes of history: Naxi music in modern China. Oxford University Press US. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-512950-4. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  5. ^ Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Antony Best (2000). British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Asia, Volume 2. University Publications of America. p. 63. ISBN 1-55655-768-X.
  6. ^ Peter M. Worthing (2001). Occupation and revolution: China and the Vietnamese August revolution of 1945. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. p. 67. ISBN 1-55729-072-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.