Qin Jiwei

Qin Jiwei
秦基偉
Qin Jiwei in 1955
State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
In office
12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993
PremierLi Peng
Minister of National Defense
In office
12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993
PremierLi Peng
Preceded byZhang Aiping
Succeeded byChi Haotian
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region
In office
September 1977 – January 1980
Preceded byLiu Zihou
Succeeded byYuan Shengping [zh]
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
In office
1973 – October 1975
Preceded byLiang Xingchu
Succeeded byLiu Xingyuan
Personal details
Born(1914-11-16)16 November 1914
Hong'an County, Hubei, China
Died2 February 1997(1997-02-02) (aged 82)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
ChildrenQin Weijiang
Qin Tian
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1927–1993
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
Chinese Civil War (1946–1950)
Korean War (1950–1953)
Awards

Qin Jiwei (simplified Chinese: 秦基伟; traditional Chinese: 秦基偉; pinyin: Qín Jīwěi; 16 November 1914 – 2 February 1997) was a general of the People's Republic of China, Minister of National Defense and a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo.

Qin Jiwei was born to a poor peasant family[1] in Huang'an (now Hong'an), Hubei Province of China in November 1914.

  1. ^ Whitson, William; Huang, Chen-hsia (1973). The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics, 1927-71. New York: Praeger. p. 51.