Deng Yuanzhao orDeng Fa (simplified Chinese:邓发;traditional Chinese:鄧發;pinyin:Dèng Fā;Jyutping:Dang6 Faat3) (March 7, 1906 – April 8, 1946) was an early leader of theChinese Communist Party. He was born inYuncheng District,Yunfu,Guangdong, and participated in theCanton–Hong Kong strike and theGuangzhou Uprising in his youth. He later engaged in underground work inGuangzhou andHong Kong for the CCP, and becomeParty Committee Secretary of Guangzhou and Hong Kong and head of theOrganisation Department in Guangdong.
After 1931, he was active in theJiangxi Soviet and worked as the Party Committee Secretary ofFujian, and head of the State Political Security Bureau. He later assisted in the war, becoming the Political Director of the Shaan-Gan Army's 3rd Column, in charge of thesecret police. His handling of the position earned him the nickname of China'sDzerzhinsky; he was present in theLong March. During theSecond Sino-Japanese War, he was an alternate Politburo member, but by theZunyi Conference he had already lost influence and made many enemies due to his campaigns.[1]: 160–161
Due to this, he was appointed representative of the CCP toXinjiang, far from the center of power, and among other positions, became the fifth president of theParty School of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the highest training center for party workers and leaders. Deng served as principal from 1939 to 1943, although from 1941 his position was only nominal, withPeng Zhen in charge of managing the school. In March 1943 he was dismissed from this position and started serving as nominal secretary of the Mass Movement Work Committee.[1]: 408–409 He died ina plane crash in 1946, along with other senior Communist leaders includingYe Ting,Bo Gu, andWang Ruofei.
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