Chen Yi (communist)

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Statue of Chen Yi

Chen Yi (simplified Chinese: 陈毅; traditional Chinese: 陳毅; pinyin: Chén Yì; August 26, 1901 - June 6, 1972) was a Chinese communist military commander and politician.

1 Biography
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

He was born in Lezhi, near Chengdu, Sichuan, into a moderately wealthy magistrate's family.

A comrade of Lin Biao from their guerilla days, Chen was a commander of the New Fourth Army during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), spearheaded the Shandong counter-offensive during the Chinese Civil War, and later commanded the Communist armies that defeated the KMT forces at Huai-Hai and conquered the lower Yangtze region in 1948-49. He was made a Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1955.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen became mayor of Shanghai. He also served as vice premier from 1954 to 1972 and foreign minister from 1958 to 1972 and president of the China Foreign Affairs University from 1961 to 1969. During the Cultural Revolution, he was purged in 1967, but not officially dismissed, so Zhou Enlai performed the duties of foreign minister in his place.

[edit] References

Handbook for the Chinese Civil War (US Naval War College)

[edit] External links

Long March Leaders: Chen Yi (by Paul Noll)
陈毅纪念馆 (Chen Yi memorial site; in Chinese)
诗人元帅——陈毅 (The poet-general Chen Yi; in Chinese)

Preceded by N/A	Mayor of Shanghai 1949–1958	Succeeded by Ke Qingshi
Preceded by Rao Shushi	Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Committee 1950 – 1954	Succeeded by Ke Qingshi
Preceded by Zhou Enlai	Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China 1958–1972	Succeeded by Ji Pengfei