Qin Jiwei | |
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秦基偉 | |
 Qin Jiwei in 1955 | |
| State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China | |
| In office 12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Premier | Li Peng |
| Minister of National Defense | |
| In office 12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Premier | Li Peng |
| Preceded by | Zhang Aiping |
| Succeeded by | Chi Haotian |
| Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region | |
| In office September 1977 – January 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Liu Zihou |
| Succeeded by | Yuan Shengping |
| Commander of the Chengdu Military Region | |
| In office 1973 – October 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Liang Xingchu |
| Succeeded by | Liu Xingyuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1914 Hong'an County, Hubei, China |
| Died | 2 February 1997 (aged 82) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Children | Qin Weijiang Qin Tian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force |
| Years of service | 1927–1993 |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) Chinese Civil War (1946–1950) Korean War (1950–1953) |
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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.
- ^ Whitson, William; Huang, Chen-hsia (1973). The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics, 1927-71. New York: Praeger. p. 51.