Yang Yong (general)

Yang Yong
杨勇
Yang Yong
Secretary of Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
September 1982 – January 1983
Deputy Secretary General of Central Military Commission
In office
January 1980 – January 1983
Deputy Chief of staff of People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
In office
September 1977 – January 1980
Commanding officer of Beijing Military Region
In office
September 1958 – June 1963
Preceded byYang Chengwu
Succeeded byZheng Weishan
Governor of Guizhou
In office
January 1950 – April 1951
Preceded byGu Zhenglun
Succeeded byZhou Lin
Personal details
Born(1913-10-28)October 28, 1913
Liuyang, Hunan, China
DiedJanuary 6, 1983(1983-01-06) (aged 69)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children3
Alma materPLA National Defence University
AwardsOrder of Bayi
Order of Independence and Freedom
Order of Liberation
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army
Years of service1927-1983
Rank General
CommandsCommanding officer
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊勇
Simplified Chinese杨勇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Yǒng

Yang Yong (Chinese: 杨勇; 28 October 1913 – 6 January 1983) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party between September 1982 and January 1983, and governor of Guizhou, from January 1950 to April 1951.