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Yang Huaiqing

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Yang Huaiqing
杨怀庆
Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy
In office
July 1995 – June 2003
Preceded byZhou Kunren
Succeeded byHu Yanlin [zh]
Personal details
BornFebruary 1939
Shouguang County, Shandong, China
Died12 December 2012(2012-12-12) (aged 73)
Beijing, China
PartyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA National Defence University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
AllegianceFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China
Branch/serviceFile:Naval ensign of China.svg People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service
1958–2003
RankAdmiral
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese杨怀庆
Traditional Chinese楊懷慶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Huáiqìng

Yang Huaiqing (Chinese: 杨怀庆; February 1939 – 12 December 2012) was an admiral in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) of China. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress.[1]

Biography

Yang was born in Shouguang County (now Shouguang), Shandong, in February 1939.[1] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1958, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1960.[1] He was assigned to the East Sea Fleet in August 1970.[1] He moved up the ranks to become deputy head of Cadre Division of the Political Department in September 1981 and head in June 1983.[1] He became director of the Political Department of the Zhoushan Naval Base [zh] in August 1985, and two years later entered the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] In January 1988, he became deputy political commissar of the Zhoushan Naval Base [zh], rising to political commissar six months later.[1] He served as deputy director of the PLA Navy Political Department in June 1990, and two years later promoted to the director position.[1] He was promoted to deputy political commissar of the PLA Navy in December 1993.[1] In July 1995, he was promoted again to become political commissar.[1] He was removed from public office and forced into retirement alongside Shi Yunsheng in May 2003 due to the military disaster of Chinese submarine 361.[2][3][4] He died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 73.[5]

He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 1990, vice admiral (zhongjiang) in July 1994, and admiral (shangjiang) in June 2000.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 杨怀庆同志逝世. sina (in 中文). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ↑ 13年前明級潛艇重大意外 2分鐘內全艇70人窒息喪命. ettoday.net (in 中文). 17 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Liu Kun (刘坤) (14 June 2003). 华邮：中国撤换海军高官与潜艇沉无关. boxun.com (in 中文). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ 美港报纸披露中国潜艇出事原因. voachinese.com (in 中文). 5 May 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Huang Feilong (黄飞龙) (7 December 2020). 细微处显真情 平凡中见伟大——深切怀念杨怀庆将军. Fjsen (in 中文). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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