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Li Zuopeng (; April 24, 1914 – January 3, 2009) was a general of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...
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Biography

Li was born in
Ji'an Ji'an ( zh, c=吉安 , p=Jí'ān) is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China and bordering Hunan province to the west. It has an area of and as of the 2020 census, had a popu ...
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in 1914. He joined the
Chinese Red Army The Chinese Red Army, formally the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army( zh, labels=no, t=中國工農紅軍) or just the Red Army( zh, labels=no, t=紅軍), was the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1928 to 1937. I ...
in 1930. In the
Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...
, Li was elected as the member of the 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1969. As an ally of
Lin Biao Lin Biao ( zh, 林彪; 5 December 1907 – 13 September 1971) was a Chinese politician and Marshal of the People's Republic of China who was pivotal in the Chinese Communist Party, Communist Chinese Communist Revolution, victory during the Chines ...
, 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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Biography of Li Zuopeng
at Sina.com. 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 Inmates of Qincheng Prison {{China-mil-bio-stub