Su Zhaozheng () (1885, Qi'ao Island – 1929,

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) was an early leader of the

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and a labour movement activist.

Early life

A native of the Qi'ao Island of Xiangshan County,

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Province, he became a sailor, active in Sun Yatsen's nationalist organization

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, and took part in organizing the Sailors' Union in 1920.

Union leadership and Communist Party career

As Sailors' Union chairman he led the General 1922 seamen's strike of Hong Kong and the General

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in 1925. He later assumed the office of Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1925. He served in the

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of the

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. Su participated in formulating the plan for the

Guangzhou Uprising The Guangzhou Uprising, Canton Uprising or Canton Riots of 1927 was a failed communist uprising in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) in southern China. Background The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Guangdong Provincial Committee had been pre ...

in 1927, and was elected President of Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Government of

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. Simultaneously, he acted as Minister of Labour in the Leftwing KMT Government of

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Death

He died from overwork in

in 1929.

References

1885 births 1929 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangdong Delegates to the 5th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 5th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 6th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politicians from Zhuhai Republic of China politicians from Guangdong {{china-politician-stub