Yu Xinqing | |
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余心清 | |
Member of the 3rd and 4th Standing Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | |
In office 1956–1966 | |
Member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd National People's Congress | |
In office 1954–1966 | |
Chairman | Li Jishen |
Member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
In office 1949–1965 | |
Vice-Chairman of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
In office 1949–1966 | |
Chairman | Liu Ren |
Member of the 1st and 2rd Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | |
In office 1948–1956 | |
Chairman | Li Jishen |
Personal details | |
Born | 1898 Hefei, Anhui, Qing Empire |
Died | 1966 (aged 67–68) Beijing, China |
Nationality | Chinese |
Political party | China Democratic League Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |
Spouse | Liu Lanhua |
Relations | Yu Wenrui Yu Enhui Yu Enci |
Children | Yu Huaxin |
Alma mater | Nanking Theological Seminary Columbia University |
Occupation | Clergy, politician |
Yu Xinqing (Chinese: 余心清; pinyin: Yú Xīnqīng; 1898-4 September 1966) was a Chinese clergy and politician.
Born into a family of local government officials in Hefei, Anhui, Yu graduated from Nanking Theological Seminary as well as Columbia University. In his early years, he was a chaplain in Christian General Feng Yuxiang's army, fought north and south. He had been hailed as "Red Priest" (红色牧师). Yu began his revolutionary career since 1933, he was once in exile in Japan, and he was once arrested and jailed. After the Chinese Communist Revolution, he served in various posts in government. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broken out, Yu committed suicide during a series of humiliations.