Lu Dadong (; 1915 – 28 August 1998) was a communist revolutionary and politician of the

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. He served as Communist Party Chief of

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city and

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province.

Biography

Lu Dadong was a native of Guantao County,

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province. He joined the communist revolution in 1937 and the

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(CCP) in 1938. In 1943 Lu studied at the

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of the CCP in

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. He was a commander of the

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during the

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and participated in numerous battles, including the Battle of Chengdu in Sichuan. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Lu Dadong was appointed Communist Party Chief of

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prefecture in Sichuan. He was later transferred to

(then under the administration of Sichuan), rising to the position of First Party Secretary (party chief) of Chongqing (April 1974 – November 1981)Lamb, Malcolm, ''Directory of Officials and Organizations in China,"" M.E. Sharpe, London, 1994, p. 1117 and deputy party chief of Sichuan. From December 1979 to April 1983 he served as Governor of Sichuan. Lu disappeared from public life in September 1989. He died on 28 August 1998 in Chengdu. Lu was an alternate member of the

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and

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, and a full member of the 11th and 12th

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Dadong 1915 births 1998 deaths Governors of Sichuan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Political office-holders in Chongqing Mayors of Chongqing Politicians from Handan