Lu Dadong
Lu Dadong | |
|---|---|
| 鲁大东 | |
| Governor of Sichuan | |
| In office December 1979 – April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Zhao Ziyang |
| Succeeded by | Yang Xizong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 Guantao County, Hebei, China |
| Died | 28 August 1998 (aged 83) Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Lu Dadong (Chinese: 鲁大东; 1915 – 28 August 1998) was a communist revolutionary and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Chief of Chongqing city and Governor of Sichuan province.[1][2]
Biography
Lu Dadong was a native of Guantao County, Hebei province. He joined the communist revolution in 1937 and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938.[1]
In 1943 Lu studied at the Central Party School of the CCP in Yan'an. He was a commander of the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War and participated in numerous battles, including the Battle of Chengdu in Sichuan.[1]
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Lu Dadong was appointed Communist Party Chief of Leshan prefecture in Sichuan. He was later transferred to Chongqing (then under the administration of Sichuan).
As mayor of Chongqing during the Third Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's rugged interior, Lu was also appointed to direct the administrative body overseeing conventional weapons production industry around Chongqing.[3]: 86
Lu rose to the position of First Party Secretary (party chief) of Chongqing (April 1974 – November 1981)[4] and deputy party chief of Sichuan. From December 1979 to April 1983 he served as Governor of Sichuan.[1][2]
Lu disappeared from public life in September 1989.[2] He died on 28 August 1998 in Chengdu.[1]
Lu was an alternate member of the 9th and 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 11th and 12th Central Committees.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f 鲁大东同志逝世 [Lu Dadong passes away]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 1998-10-05. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ a b c Bartke, Wolfgang (1997). Who was Who in the People's Republic of China. Walter de Gruyter. p. 311. ISBN 9783110968231.
- ^ Meyskens, Covell F. (2020). Mao's Third Front: The Militarization of Cold War China. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108784788. ISBN 978-1-108-78478-8. OCLC 1145096137. S2CID 218936313.
- ^ Lamb, Malcolm, Directory of Officials and Organizations in China,"" M.E. Sharpe, London, 1994, p. 1117
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| Preceded by | Governor of Sichuan 1979–1983 | Succeeded by |
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Political leaders of Sichuan since 1949
Secretaries
Chairpersons
- Li Jingquan
- Li Dazhang
- Zhang Guohua
- Liu Xingyuan
- Zhao Ziyang
- Lu Dadong
- Yang Xizong
- Jiang Minkuan
- Zhang Haoruo
- Xiao Yang
- Song Baorui
- Zhang Zhongwei
- Jiang Jufeng
- Wei Hong
- Yin Li
- Huang Qiang
Chairpersons
- Li Jingquan
- Liao Zhigao
- Du Xinyuan
- Ren Baige
- Yang Chao
- Feng Yuanwei
- Liao Bokang
- Nie Ronggui
- Qin Yuqin
- Tao Wuxian
- Li Chongxi
- Ke Zunping
- Tian Xiangli
