Zeng Shaoshan () (December 1914 – January 26, 1995) was a People's Liberation Army

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. He was born in

Jinzhai County Jinzhai County (), previously Lihuang County (, named after Wei Lihuang), is a county in the west of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. It is under the jurisdi ...

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Province. He joined the

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in 1933 and was a member of the

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. He later joined the Eighth Route Army during the

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. He was the

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and Governor of Liaoning Province.

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1914 births 1995 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui People's Liberation Army generals from Anhui Governors of Liaoning Political office-holders in Liaoning People from Jinzhai County Politicians from Lu'an {{China-bio-stub