Liu Lanbo (; 1904 – 5 March 1982) was a Communist revolutionary and politician of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. He served as Chairman (Governor) of Liaodong Province, and twice as Minister of Electric Power.

Biography

Liu Lanbo was born in 1904 in

Fengcheng, Liaoning Fengcheng () is a city in the southeast of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the administration of Dandong, the downtown of which lies southeast of the city. Formally known as the Fengcheng ...

. His name at birth was Liu Yutian (), and Lanbo was his

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. He attended

Tianjin Nankai High School Tianjin Nankai High School () is a college-preparatory high school in Tianjin, China. This is the original Nankai High School, and it is often referred to as Nankai High School in Tianjin to differentiate it from Chongqing Nankai Middle School, ...

and Peking University, but did not graduate. He joined the

Communist Party of China 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 Civil ...

in December 1928, and participated in the

Anti-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific The ...

. After the establishment of the Communist victory in 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 ...

, Liu served as the first Chairman (Governor) of the newly established Liaodong Province from June 1949 until April 1950, when he became Vice Minister of Fuel Industry. In July 1955 he was appointed Minister of Electric Power, but in March 1958 became Vice Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power when the two ministries were merged. Liu was dismissed from his posts and was persecuted during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, he was rehabilitated and again served as Minister of Electric Power from February 1978 to September 1981. It was owing to his strong recommendation that

Li Peng Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Ch ...

, then one of the twelve vice ministers, succeeded him as Minister of Electric Power. Liu died in Beijing on 5 March 1982. Liu Lanbo was the youngest brother of Liu Duoquan (), the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

governor of Rehe (Jehol) Province.

References

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