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Li Jishen | |
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李济深 | |
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Vice Chairman of the Central People's Government | |
In office 8 October 1949 – 9 October 1959 | |
Leader | Mao Zedong |
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
In office October 1949 – 9 October 1959 | |
Chairman | Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai |
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office 27 September 1954 – 9 October 1959 | |
Chairman | Liu Shaoqi Zhu De |
Chairman of Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | |
In office 1 January 1948 – 9 October 1959 | |
Succeeded by | He Xiangning |
Chairman of China Zhi Gong Party | |
In office May 1947 – April 1950 | |
Preceded by | Chen Jiongming |
Succeeded by | Chen Qiyou |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 November 1885 Cangwu, Guangxi |
Died | 9 October 1959 Beijing | (aged 73)
Nationality | People's Republic of China |
Political party | Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang |
Other political affiliations | Chinese Kuomintang China Zhi Gong Party |
Children | Li Peiyao (son) |
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Traditional Chinese | 李濟深 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李济深 | ||||||||||||
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Li Jishen or Li Chi-shen (5 November 1885 – 9 October 1959) was a Chinese military officer and politician, general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, Vice President of the People's Republic of China (1949–1954), Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress (1954–1959), Vice Chairman the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1949–1959) and founder and first Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang (1948–1959).[1]
Initially a supporter of Chiang Kai-shek and Kuomintang, Li Jishen helped purge and murder Communists in the 1927 Shanghai massacre, but eventually became one of Chiang's top internal rivals. Li accused Chiang of weakness in the face of Japanese aggression and of submission to Western financial interests. The two eventually reached an understanding, and Li went on to hold military commands during the Second Sino–Japanese War. However, after the end of the war, new disagreements with Chiang led to Li's expulsion from the Kuomintang. After this, for a time, he became leader of the splinter Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang (RCCK), then switched sides and joined the Communists, collaborating with Mao Zedong and holding political office in the new People's Republic of China.
Li married several times and fathered many children. One of his sons, Li Peiyao, also served as Chairman of the RCCK.