Luo Ruiqing
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Luo Ruiqing (Chinese: 罗瑞卿; Pinyin: Luó Ruìqīng; May 31, 1906－ August 3, 1978) was a general and politician of the People's Republic of China.
[edit] Biography
Luo Ruiqing was born in Nanchong, Sichuan in 1906. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1928. He was the eldest son of a wealthy landlord named Luo Chunting (罗春庭), who had a total of six kids. However, Luo Chunting was an opium addict and lost all of his wealth due to his addiction, and the entire family had to rely on Luo Ruiqing's mother, who did not leave behind a first name, but only her last name Xian (鲜). Due to the downfall of his family fortune, Luo Ruiqing did not receive any traditional Chinese primary education until he was 6, and then did not enter modern elementary school until the age of 14. At the edge of 17, he passed the entrance exam and entered County Middle School of Nanchong. Despite the decrease of family wealth, Luo's family was still able to afford the hefty sum of money needed for his education, and this fact was used by the Red Guards (China) to attack Luo during Cultural Revolution. It was only after Luo had entered the Advanced Sericulture Academy in Chengdu at the age of 20 when his family was completely gone, and as a result, he was forced to dropped out of school and became an apprentice at a silk store, but he never returned to school to complete his study. Luo's early life was willfully ignored in the official Chinese records until 1990s, because his petty bourgeoisie background does not fit the political environment until the end of 20th Century.
Luo was awarded as Da Jiang, highest rank of general in People's Liberation Army in 1955.
He was the Minister of Public Security from 1949 to 1959.
[edit] External links
- High Tide of Terror, a strongly critical article about Luo Ruiqing published in March 5, 1956 by Time Magazine
- (Chinese) Biography of Luo Ruiqing, Xinhuanet
- (Chinese) 杨成武谈揭批罗瑞卿实情, ("Yang Chengwu discusses the true facts about the campaign to expose and criticise Luo Ruiqing"), Yanhuang Chunqiu magazine, Beijing, 2005 Vol. 10. General Yang Chengwu, who took part in the campaign against Luo, recalls the events.
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| Preceded by none |
Minister of Public Security 1949 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Xie Fuzhi |
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| Preceded by Huang Kecheng |
Head of PLA General Staff Headquarters 1959–1965 |
Succeeded by Yang Chengwu |
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