You Taizhong
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You Taizhong | |
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3rd Chairman of Inner Mongolia | |
In office 1971–1978 | |
Preceded by | Zheng Weishan |
Succeeded by | Zhou Hui |
Personal details | |
Born | 1918 December Guangshan County, Henan, Republic of China |
Died | 24 July 1998 Beijing, China | (aged 79)
You Taizhong (Chinese: 尤太忠; Wade–Giles: Yu T'ai-chung; 1918–1998) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He was born in Guangshan County, Henan Province. He joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in January 1931, the Communist Youth League of China in November 1933 and the Communist Party of China in June 1934. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a brigade commander in the Eighth Route Army. He was later a division commander in the People's Volunteer Army. He was promoted to major general in 1955. He served in the Nanjing, Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou Military Regions. During the Cultural Revolution he was Director of the Revolutionary Committee of Inner Mongolia. He retired on September 14, 1988. He was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committees of the CPC. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.
- 1918 births
- 1998 deaths
- People's Liberation Army generals from Henan
- People's Republic of China politicians from Henan
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan
- Political office-holders in Inner Mongolia
- Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 5th National People's Congress
- Alternate members of the 9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Commanders of the Guangzhou Military Region