Li Zuopeng (; April 24, 1914 – January 3, 2009) was a general of the Chinese

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Biography

Li was born in

Ji'an Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China while bordering Hunan province to the west. It has an area of and as of the 2020 census, had a population of 4,469,176, of ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

in 1914. He joined the

Chinese Red Army The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army or Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, commonly known as the Chinese Red Army or simply the Red Army, are the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party. It was formed when Communis ...

in 1930. In the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

, Li was elected as the member of the

9th Politburo of the Communist Party of China The 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee on April 28, 1969 and sat in session until August 1973, consisting of 21 members and 4 alternate members. It met for four years, d ...

in 1969. As an ally of

Lin Biao ) , serviceyears = 1925–1971 , branch = People's Liberation Army , rank = Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China , commands ...

, he lost his position after Lin Biao's fall. He was put on trial and given a seventeen-year prison sentence in 1981.

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. 1914 births 2009 deaths People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangxi Politicians from Ji'an Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangxi People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Members of the 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party People's Liberation Army generals convicted of crimes Political commissars of the People's Liberation Army Navy {{China-mil-bio-stub