Chen Mingren | |
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陈明仁 | |
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| Acting Provincial Chairman for Hunan Province | |
| In office July 1949 – August 1949 | |
| Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1903 Liling, Hunan, Qing Empire |
| Died | May 21, 1974 (aged 71) Beijing |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Whampoa Military Academy Lushan Officer Training Corps |
| Awards |  Order of Blue Sky and White Sun Order of Liberation (First Class Medal) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Republic of China People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  National Revolutionary Army (1924–47) Republic of China Army (1947–49) People's Liberation Army Ground Force (1949–74) |
| Years of service | 1924–1974 |
| Rank | .jpg){kind=icon} General of the PLA (awarded 1955).jpg){kind=icon} General (2nd Class) of the ROCA |
| Commands | NRA 71st Army PLA 55th Army |
| Battles/wars | Central Plains War Encirclement Campaigns Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War |
Chen Mingren (simplified Chinese: 陈明仁; traditional Chinese: 陳明仁; pinyin: Chén Míngrén; 7 April 1903 – 21 May 1974) was a prominent military figure from Liling, Hunan Province, and one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army. He was a top-level military commander in the Republic of China. He then joined Communist China in 1949. Chen was awarded with the rank of general in 1955.[1]
- ^ "Biography of Chen Mingren". News of the Communist Party of China. Retrieved 3 November 2016.