Zhou Chunquan

General Zhou Chunquan ( Chinese: 周纯全;

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: Zhōu Chúnquán; October 6, 1905 – July 28, 1985) is a general in the

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of China. Zhou was born in Huang'an (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 p ...

Province. He joined

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(KMT) in July 1926, and joined the

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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

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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

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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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Chunquan 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