Zhang Qilong (; 1900 – June 3, 1987) was a

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politician. He was born in

Liuyang Liuyang () is a county-level city, the most populous and the easternmost county-level division of Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the provincial capital. Located on the northeaste ...

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Province. He joined the

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in 1926 and participated in the

Autumn Harvest Uprising The Autumn Harvest Uprising was an insurrection that took place in Hunan and Kiangsi (Jiangxi) provinces of China, on September 7, 1927, led by Mao Tse-tung, who established a short-lived Hunan Soviet. After initial success, the uprising was ...

of 1927. He was a member of the

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during the

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, the

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and the

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. In 1933, his party membership was revoked and he divorced his then wife, Li Zhen, to avoid implicating her in his disgrace. He was allowed back into the party in 1936. After the creation of the People's Republic of China, he was the first party chief for

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Province.

References

*宋任穷. 悼张启龙同志. 人民网，来源：1987年7月15日《人民日报》第4版. 012-09-28 *李贞将军三次婚姻的酸甜苦辣. 河北新闻网，来源：书刊报. 2011-04-22 012-09-28*张光彩. 铁骨英风：张启龙传奇人生. 中共党史出版社. 2012年1月. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Qilong 1900 births 1987 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan CCP committee secretaries of Heilongjiang Politicians from Changsha