Yu Qiuli

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Yu Qiuli
余秋里
Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
In office September 1982 – November 1987
Vice Premier of China
In office January 1975 – May 1982
Premier	Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang
Director of the State Planning Commission
In office January 1975 – August 1980
Premier	Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng
Preceded by	Li Fuchun
Succeeded by	Yao Yilin
Minister of Petroleum
In office February 1958 – 1966
Premier	Zhou Enlai
Preceded by	Li Jukui
Personal details
Born	(1914-11-15)15 November 1914 Ji'an County, Jiangxi
Died	3 February 1999(1999-02-03) (aged 84) Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Liu Suge

Yu Qiuli (Chinese: 余秋里; pinyin: Yú Qiūlǐ; 15 November 1914 – 3 February 1999) was a Chinese Communist army officer and politician, general of the People's Liberation Army. A veteran of the Long March, he held top military and government positions under both Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping and is considered the founding father of the Chinese petroleum industry and the China National Petroleum Corporation.^[1]

Following military service as a senior commander and political commissar in the Second Sino–Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, Yu then served as Minister of the Petroleum Industry (1958–1966), Chairman of the State Planning Commission (1970–1980), Vice Premier (1975–1982), and Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission as well as Director of the PLA General Political Department (in effect, responsible for ensuring the political loyalty of the entire PLA) from 1982 to 1987.^[1]