Li Dongye
Li Dongye | |||||||
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李东野 | |||||||
Political Commissioner of National University of Defense Technology | |||||||
In office 10 February 1979 – 20 December 1983 | |||||||
President | Zhang Yan | ||||||
Preceded by | Xie Youfa | ||||||
Succeeded by | Wang Hao | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | 1916 Shenyang, Liaoning, Republic of China | ||||||
Died | 2011 (aged 94–95) Shanghai, People's Republic of China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
Years of service | 1937–1983 | ||||||
Rank | Major general | ||||||
Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War | ||||||
Awards | Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class) Order of Liberation (China) (2nd Class) Order of Red Star (1st Class) | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李东野 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李東野 | ||||||
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Li Dongye (Chinese: 李东野; 1916 – 2 January 2011) was a major general (shaojiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as political commissioner of National University of Defense Technology from 1979 to 1983.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Li was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, in 1916.[1][2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1937, and enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in the same year.[1][2] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he worked in the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Yan'an, Shaanxi.[1][2] During the Chinese Civil War, he was deputy director of Political Department of the Liaoning Military District.[1][2]
After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he became director of Political Department of Dalian Naval School.[1][2] He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1964.[1][2] He was political commissioner of National University of Defense Technology in February 1979, and held that office until December 1983.[1][2] On 2 January 2011, he died from an illness in Shanghai, aged 95.[1][2]