General Zhou Chunquan (
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: 周纯全;
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: Zhōu Chúnquán; October 6, 1905 – July 28, 1985) is a general in the
People's Liberation Army
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of China.
Zhou was born in
Huang'an
Hong'an County (), formerly named Huang'an County (; Hwangan), located to the north of Wuhan, is a county in Huanggang, Hubei province, People's Republic of China.
Hong'an is known as the "County of Generals" in that more than 200 (or 79 with the ...
(Now Hong'an County),
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
Province. He joined
Kuomintang
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(KMT) in July 1926, and joined the
Communist Party of China
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in November that year. He fought in
Huangma Uprising in November 1927.
In October 1932, he was appointed as the political commissar of the tenth division of Red Fourth Army. In June 1933, he was promoted to the political commissar of Red Fourth Army. He participated the
Long March
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in 1935. He was appointed as the director of the general political department of Red Fourth Army Group, and the political commissar of Red 31st Army.
He was the political commissar of the logistics department of
Chinese People's Volunteer Army
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in 1951. When he returned to homeland in 1953, he was promoted to the No. 1 vice director and vice political commissar of the general logistics department of PLA.
He was made general in 1955.
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People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei
1905 births
1985 deaths
Members of the Kuomintang
Politicians from Huanggang
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei
People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei
Burials at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery