Li Dongye | |||||||
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李东野 | |||||||
Political Commissioner of National University of Defense Technology | |||||||
In office 10 February 1979 – 20 December 1983 | |||||||
President | Zhang Yan | ||||||
Preceded by | Xie Youfa | ||||||
Succeeded by | Wang Hao | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | 1916 Shenyang, Liaoning, Republic of China | ||||||
Died | 2011 (aged 94–95) Shanghai, People's Republic of China | ||||||
Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
Years of service | 1937–1983 | ||||||
Rank | Major general | ||||||
Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War | ||||||
Awards |
Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class) Order of Liberation (China) (2nd Class) Order of Red Star (1st Class) | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李 东 野 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李 東 野 | ||||||
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Li Dongye ( Chinese: 李东野; 1916 – 2 January 2011) was a major general ( shaojiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as political commissioner of National University of Defense Technology from 1979 to 1983. [1] [2]
Li was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, in 1916. [1] [2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1937, and enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in the same year. [1] [2] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he worked in the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Yan'an, Shaanxi. [1] [2] During the Chinese Civil War, he was deputy director of Political Department of Liaoning Military District. [1] [2]
After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he became director of Political Department of Dalian Naval School. [1] [2] He was promoted to the rank of major general ( shaojiang) in 1964. [1] [2] He was political commissioner of National University of Defense Technology in February 1979, and held that office until December 1983. [1] [2] On 2 January 2011, he died from an illness in Shanghai, aged 95. [1] [2]