Yang Shangkun

Yang Shangkun ( born July 5, 1907 in Tongnan, Sichuan Province; † 14 September 1998) was from 1988 to 1993 President of the People 's Republic of China and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China.

He was one of the last veterans of the Long March. He was from 1956 to 1968 leading functions in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held (CCP ), but was demoted during the Cultural Revolution. In 1978 he was rehabilitated and appointed in 1982 in the Politburo. Yang belonged to the so-called "first generation Chinese leadership ". As President Yang played with Deng Xiaoping a key role in the military suppression of pro-democracy demonstrators in June 1989 at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. His nephew Yang Jianhua commanded the highly disciplined 27 army that marched from Hebei Province to quell the unrest.

Although he possessed in the People's Liberation Army on outstanding influence, put him Deng Xiaoping in 1992 was because he had tried to sell Jiang Zemin as party leader. It is known that Yang and his brother Yang Baibing in military circles had many followers and allies, and that her fall to the replacement of more than half of the top officers led.

Yang is regarded as one of the Eight Immortals of Communist China.

Chairman of the Central People's Government: Mao Zedong

President of the People 's Republic of China: Mao Tse-tung | Liu Shaoqi | provisionally: Song Qingling | provisionally Dong Biwu

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Zhu De | Ye Jianying | Honorary President: Song Qingling

President: Li Xiannian | Yang Shangkun | Jiang | Hu Jintao | Xi Jinping

  • Politician ( People's Republic of China)
  • Military person ( People's Republic of China)
  • Chinese
  • Born 1907
  • Died in 1998
  • Man
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