Xiao Jinguang

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Xiao Jinguang ( birth name  : Xiao Yucheng  ; born January 4, 1903 in Changsha , Empire of China , † March 29, 1989 in Beijing , People's Republic of China ) was a party functionary and high officer in the People's Liberation Army . After the end of the Chinese Civil War , he became first in command of the Navy of the People's Republic of China .

origin

Xiao Jinguang was born in Changsha .

Party activity and military service

Xiao Jinguang joined the Communist Youth Organization in 1920 . In 1921 he traveled to the Soviet Union and studied military science and technology in Leningrad . In 1824 he returned to China. Xiao Jinguang took part in Chiang Kai-shek's northern expedition as a communist representative in the 6th division. After the end of the northern expedition, he went to Leningrad for another study visit.

On his return in 1930 he became chief of staff of the 12th Red Army and political officer of the 5th Red Army . He took part in the Long March . During the Anti-Japanese War and the civil war that flared up again after the end of World War II , Xiao Jinguang held various commandos and political officer posts at the army level . In 1945 he became a candidate for the party's central committee .

Commander in Chief of the Navy

After the founding of the People's Republic, Xiao Jinguang was appointed by Mao Tse-tung in 1949 to be the first commander in chief of the country's naval forces. When building up the navy, he used the material and personnel of the former opponents of the civil war. His plans envisaged the construction of a light but modern naval force. In 1954 he became Deputy Minister of Defense. In 1955 he was given the rank of Great General . In 1956 he became a full member of the party's central committee.

During the rule of the Gang of Four, Xiao Jinguang degenerated from Commander in Chief of the Navy into a powerless figurehead. The real power in the officer corps of the armed forces rests with the gang of four, political officer Su Zhenhua.

Xiao Jinguang died in Beijing on March 29, 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dr. Matthew David Johnson: Luo Ruiqing in Xiaobing Li (Ed.): China at War - An Encyclopedia. Oxford, 2012 pp. 499f
  2. ^ John Wilson Lewis, Xue Litai: China's Strategic Sea Power - The Politics of Force Modernization in the Nuclear Age. Standford, 1994, p. 321
personal data
SURNAME Xiao, Jinguang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Xiao, Yucheng
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese general, Commander in Chief of the Navy
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Changsha
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1989
Place of death Beijing