Zhao Shoushan (; 12 November 1894 – 20 June 1965) was a

KMT 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 Taiw ...

general and later

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

politician. He is the grandfather of Zhao Leji.

Career

Zhao Shoushan was born in

Hu County Huyi District (), formerly known as Hu County or Huxian (, written as / before 1964, (same for both ways of writing)), is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. The d ...

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 ...

in 1894. After the foundation of the People's Republic of China, Zhao was the CCP Chairman of

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

and Governor of Shaanxi.

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Biography of Zhao Shoushan
'' Shaanxi Daily'' July 9, 2006. 1894 births 1965 deaths Governors of Qinghai Governors of Shaanxi National Revolutionary Army generals from Shaanxi Politicians from Xi'an People's Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shaanxi Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi {{China-mil-bio-stub