Chen Zhengren

Chen Zhengren () (December 1907 – April 6, 1972), original name Chen Lin (), was a

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politician. He was born in Suichuan County,

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

Province. He joined the

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and the

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in 1925. In September 1927 he planned an uprising in

Wan'an County Wan'an County () is a county in the southwest of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi pro ...

, Jiangxi Province and returned home in December 1927. In 1928, he went to Jinggangshan. In 1930, he was active in

Anfu County Anfu County () is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an. Anfu is the home of and the birthplace of political activist Xu Wenli. Administrative di ...

, Jiangxi Province to coordinate activity in southern Jiangxi and western

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

. In 1937, he went to

Yan'an Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'an ...

, where he was active in the border region of

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

and Ningxia. In 1946, he went to

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

Province as part of the communist activities in

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. After the creation of the People's Republic of China, he went back to his home province to be the 1st Communist Party of China Committee Secretary until 1952 when he moved to work in the Central Government. Chen occupied a number of ministerial posts during the 1950s: 52-54 minister of Building and from 59-65 minister of Agricultural Machinery. He was a standing committee member of the 2nd and 3rd Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as well as an alternate member of the 8th Central Committee (elected 1956.) Like many other Central Government leaders, Chen was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and was dismissed from office in 1967. Chen died in April 1972

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. He suffered greatly during the Cultural Revolution but was posthumously re-habilitated in 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Zhengren 1907 births 1972 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangxi Political office-holders in Jiangxi Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Politicians from Ji'an Victims of the Cultural Revolution