Lt. Gen. Hu Ruoyu () (1894 – November 26, 1949) was governor of Yunnan in 1927. Hu was born in Luoping,

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

, China. He participated in the uprising against the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

in 1911 as a student at Yunnan Military College and served as a regimental commander after graduation. During the Warlord Era Hu was a member of the

Yunnan clique The Yunnan clique () was one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang Government in the Republic of China's warlord era. It was named for Yunnan Province. History Kunming Uprising When the 1911 Revolutio ...

, one of whose actions was to expel Yunnan Gov. Tang Jiyao from office. Together with

Long Yun Long Yun (; 27 November 1884 – 27 June 1962) was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to October 1945, when he was overthrown in a coup (known as "The Kunming Incident") by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai- ...

, Hu was appointed commander of the 39th Army. He was a member of the chief staff of the Military Committee during

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. During the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

Hu fought with the 11th Army Corps against the

Chinese Communists The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

, and was killed in southeastern Guangxi in 1949.

References

Hu Ruoyu on Rulers.org
1894 births 1949 deaths Republic of China politicians from Yunnan Governors of Yunnan People from Qujing {{China-politician-stub