Li Jukui (; 1904–1995) was a Chinese general and politician. He was the Petroleum Industry Minister form 1955 to 1958. Li Jukui served as the president of the Logistics Institute of the PLA.

Background

Li came from a destitute peasant family in rural

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

. He was mostly illiterate.

Career

Li joined the

Communist Revolution A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism. Depending on the type of government, the term socialism can be used to indicate an intermediate stage between ...

together with

Peng Dehuai Peng Dehuai (October 24, 1898November 29, 1974; also spelled as Peng Teh-Huai) was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense (China), Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor ...

in 1928. He participated in the

Long March The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...

. Li served as the People's Republic of China's first Minister of the Petroleum Industry. He was replaced on February 11, 1958 by

Yu Qiuli Yu Qiuli (; 15 November 1914 – 3 February 1999) was a Chinese Communist army officer and politician, general of the People's Liberation Army. A veteran of the Long March, he held top military and government positions under both Mao Zedong and ...

. The change was made at the recommendation of Peng Dehuai, who was then the Secretary of Defense.

Opposition to army crackdown in Tiananmen Square

During the Tiananmen Square protests of spring 1989, Li Jukui signed a letter opposing the enforcement of martial law by the Army in Beijing.

References

{{Commanders of the PLA General Logistics Department 1904 births 1995 deaths Delegates to the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Ministers of petroleum industry of the People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army generals from Hunan