Xie Youfa

Xie Youfa
谢有法
Xie Youfa
Political Commissar of PLA Political College
In office
1980–1983
Political Commissar of PLA Military Institute of Engineering
In office
1 May 1958 – April 1966
Preceded byChen Geng
Succeeded byLi Dongye
Personal details
Born(1917-04-16)April 16, 1917
Xingguo County, Jiangxi, China
DiedJanuary 9, 1995(1995-01-09) (aged 77)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children2
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1932–1986
Rank Lieutenant general
Battles/warsLong March
Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Awards Order of Bayi (Third Class Medal)
Order of Independence and Freedom (Second Class Medal)
Order of Liberation (First Class Medal)
PLA Merit Medal (First Class Medal)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiè Yǒufǎ

Xie Youfa (Chinese: 谢有法; 16 April 1917 - 9 January 1995) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).