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Ulanhu 乌兰夫
Ulanhu in 1955
Vice President of the PRC
In office 15 March 1983 - 15 March 1988
President	Li Xiannian
Leader	Deng Xiaoping
Preceded by	Dong Biwu (1975) vacant
Succeeded by	Wang Zhen
Personal details
Born	December 23, 1906 Inner Mongolia, Qing Dynasty
Died	1988 (aged 81–82) Beijing, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Yun Liren
Alma mater	Moscow Sun Yat-sen University
Religion	Atheist

Ulanhu (Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠦᠦ, Ulaan Hüü red son; Chinese: 乌兰夫; pinyin: Wūlánfū; originally Chinese: 云泽; pinyin: Yúnzé; 1906 - December 8, 1988) was the founder of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, Ulanhu had the nickname of "Mongolian Khan" during his political career.

Career [link]

Ulanhu joined the Socialist League of China which was the later Communist Youth League of China), In 1925, he joined the Communist Party of China and was sent to Moscow Sun Yat-sen University to study Communism. In 1929, when he returned from his studies. Ulanhu began organizing communist rallies in Mongolia, and was appointed a Committee Member of the CCP's West-Mongolia Working Committee. In 1931, Ulanhu was chosen to run the military and intelligence offices in Mongolia.

During the Second World War, Ulanhu led his forces to stop the Japanese from advancing towards Hohhot and led his officers to march to Shanbei where he continued battling against the Japanese forces.

During the Chinese Civil War, Ulanhu was one of the commanders of the Battle of Pingjin and the Battle of Liaoshen, he also led his Communist forces to destroy the local bandits and anti-communist forces in Mongolia. Ulanhu also successfully liberated Inner Mongolia and was elected the Acting Governor and Chairman of the Autonomous Government of Inner Mongolia.

In 1955, was awarded the rank of Senior General. He was party secretary and chairman of Inner Mongolia from 1947 until his purge in 1966/67, during the Cultural Revolution. However, Ulanhu was not killed during the Cultural Revolution, as Zhou Enlai managed to protect him. Ulanhu was rehabilitated in 1973 and, among various other post, served as China's Vice-President under President Li Xiannian from 1983-1988.

His son and granddaughter, Buhe and Bu Xiaolin, are both politically active within the Communist Party.

See also [link]

• List of officers of the People's Liberation Army

External links [link]

• Ulanhu, 82, a Mongol Who Rose To High Posts in Beijing, Is Dead - Associated Press at The New York Times - December 9, 1988

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