Liu Huaqing

Liu Huaqing (Chinese刘华清; * 1916, † 14 January, 2011 Hubei Province ) was a Chinese communist politician, commander in chief of the Navy and member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China.

Time of the Long March and the Second World War

After joining the Communist Youth League in October 1929, he joined in December 1930, the Communist- dominated Red Army. During the time of the Long March 1934/1935 he was entrusted with the organization of the Political Department of the 25th Red Army.

In October 1935 he became a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC ). In the following years he became increasingly important offices within the Red Army. After 1937 he was among other Director of the Political Department of the 8th Red Army. After 1941 he was an officer in the Military Region, Hebei, and in his last Deputy Political Commissar. After 1945 he worked as a political commissar in the military regions of Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei and Henan. Most recently, he was head of the Political Department of the 11th Army Corps.

Founding of the People 's Republic of China

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he became a Deputy Rector of the Political School of the People's Liberation Army (PLA ). Between 1951 and 1954 he was first deputy political commissar of the 10th Army. In 1954 he graduated from the Naval Academy in the Soviet Union. After his return in 1955 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and appointed Deputy Rector and Deputy Political Commissar of the Navy Academy.

1958 initially he was appointed First Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Naval Base of Lushan. Later he became Deputy Commander of the Fleet Association in the North China Lake and at the same time commander of the naval base of Lushan. Later he was head of a research institute of the Defense Ministry.

1965 he was appointed Vice- Minister of the Ministry of Mechanical Engineering 6. 1966 took over the post of Deputy Director of the Scientific Committee of National Defense. Later he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy was.

After 1975 he was again Deputy Director of the Scientific Committee of National Defense. In 1979, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA.

In August 1982 he was appointed Commander in Chief of the Navy. At the same time, he was Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Navy. After the 12th Party Congress of the CCP from 1982 to 1987 he was a member of the Central Committee ( CC). In January 1988, he handed over this office to his successor, Zhang Lianzhong. During his time as commander in chief, he sat down essentially a modernization of the Navy.

Ascent to the member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo

In 1985 he was elected a member of the Central Advisory Commission. In this office he was re-elected at the 13th Party Congress in 1987. At the same time due to the influence of Deng Xiaoping He was elected a member of the Central Military Commission ( ZMK). First, he was the Deputy Secretary-General, before he ascended in 1988 as Vice-Chairman of the ZMK and the Admiral. As Vice-Chairman of ZMK he was confirmed by the 8th National People's Congress in 1993.

At the 14th Congress of the CPC in 1992 he was elected a member of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China. He was a member of the senior executives, the Chinese party leadership.

However, at the 15th Party Congress in 1997, he retired from these offices out because of his age.

Family

One daughter is married to the current Vice Environment Minister Pan Yue.

His daughter Liu Chaoying, which served as a lieutenant colonel in the People's Liberation Army was involved in 1996 in an election scandal in the United States. Today she is an employee of China Aerospace Holdings, the leading Chinese company for the production of satellites.

A son was involved in 2000 in the biggest corruption case of the People's Republic of China, for years smuggled into the senior squad and military contraband goods in billion value on the port city of Xiamen in Fujian province in the country. The then prime suspect, the businessman Lai Changxing and the Deputy Mayor of Xiamen, Lan Fu, had fled abroad (United States and Australia).

In 2004, he published his memoirs.

Liu Huaqing died on 14 January 2011 at the age of 95 years.