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Huang Kecheng | |
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| 黄克诚 大将 | |
 General of the Army Huang Kecheng giving a speech | |
| Second Secretary of theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| In office 11 September 1982 – September 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Deng Yingchao |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Executive Secretary of theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| In office 22 December 1978 – 11 September 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Wang Heshou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1902 |
| Died | 28 December 1986(1986-12-28) (aged 84) Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Politician, writer |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1926–1986 |
| Rank | General of People's Liberation Army |
| Battles/wars | Northern Expedition, Anti-CommunistEncirclement Campaigns,Hundred Regiments Offensive,Campaign to Defend Siping,Siping Campaign,Liaoshen Campaign,Pingjin Campaign |
Huang Kecheng (simplified Chinese:黄克诚;traditional Chinese:黃克誠;pinyin:Huáng Kèchéng) (October 1, 1902 – December 28, 1986) was asenior general (大将) in thePeople's Liberation Army.
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Huang Kecheng was born inYongxing,Hunan Province, and he was the third of four children. His father was Huang Qingzhu (黄清主), and his mother was Deng Longtao (邓龙桃). His family owned sixmu of land. Since he was not the eldest son, his parents did not consider it a great priority to provide a good education for him. He worked as a farm labourer on his family land, and completed high school when he turned 20, in 1920, from the Hunan 3rd Normal School. Huang eventually joinedChiang Kai-shek'sNational Revolutionary Army, and he joined theChinese Communist Party in 1925.
In 1929, Huang was serving underPeng Dehuai in a Kuomintang regiment stationed in northern Hunan. When Peng rebelled in June 1928, Huang joined him.[1] Huang led the Yongxing campaign during Xiangnan (South Hunan) campaign in 1928, and participated major battles encountered by the Red Army Third Division. Huang participated in theLong March, and, upon arrival on northernShaanxi, he was promoted to be the director of the general political and organizational department. In the beginning of theSecond Sino-Japan War, he was the political commissar of 344 brigade, affiliated with the 115 division ofEighth Route Army. His army accompaniedXu Haidong, fighting in regions acrossShanxi,Hebei andHenan. After 1940, he became a political commissar in theEighth Route Army and theNew Fourth Army, and later the deputy and logistics commander of Northeastern Democratic Alliance Army.
After the founding of thePeople's Republic of China in 1949, Huang was appointed governor ofTianjin. He later became the state secretary of Hunan, the Commander of Hunan Military Region and its political commissar, the deputy director of the chief staff and director of general logistics, the deputy minister of national defense, the secretary general of theCentral Military Commission, and the chief of staff of the PLA. He was made a senior general in 1955, and awarded the Army Medal, theOrder of Independence and Freedom Medal, and the Order of Liberation. He was an alternate and then formal member of the7th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the8th Central Committee.
In 1959, Huang criticized theGreat Leap Forward andPeople's Communes and was denounced as a member of an "Anti-Party group" associated with Peng Dehuai when Peng was criticized at theMountain Lu Conference. He was deprived of all positions and was placed under investigation. He was partially rehabilitated, but was denounced and persecuted byRed Guards when theCultural Revolution began in 1966.[citation needed]
In 1977, afterDeng Xiaoping came to power, Huang was politically rehabilitated. After being recalled to service, he was appointed as adviser to theCentral Military Commission, and executive secretary of theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was selected as central committee member again in 1978.[citation needed]
He died on December 28, 1986, in Beijing.[citation needed]
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| New title | Political commissar of thePLA Hunan Military District 1949–1952 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Commander of the PLA Hunan Military District 1950–1952 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | PLA Chief of General Staff 1958–1959 | Succeeded by |
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