Li Laizhu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Li Laizhu
李来柱
Commander of the Beijing Military Region
In office
December 1993 – November 1997
Preceded byWang Chengbin
Succeeded byLi Xinliang
Personal details
Born(1932-10-10)10 October 1932
Shen County, Shandong, China
Died12 March 2023(2023-03-12) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA Military and Political University
Shijiazhuang Second Senior Infantry School
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1944–1997
Rank General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Sino-Vietnamese War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese李来柱
Traditional Chinese李來柱
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Láizhù

Li Laizhu (Chinese: 李来柱; 10 October 1932 – 12 March 2023) was a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a delegate to the 7th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.[2]

Biography

Li was born in Shen County, Shandong, on 10 October 1932. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in May 1944, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1948. During the Chinese Civil War, he engaged in the Liaobo campaign, Pinghan campaign, Huaihai campaign, Yangtze River Crossing campaign, Shanghai Campaign, and Chengdu campaign. In 1961, he graduated from the Shijiazhuang Second Senior Infantry School. In December 1993, he was promoted to become commander of the Beijing Military Region, a position he held until November 1997.

Li was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988 and general (shangjiang) in May 1994.

Li died on 12 March 2023 in Beijing, at the age of 90.[3]

Publications

  • 李来柱上将回忆录 [Memoirs of General Li Laizhu] (in Chinese). Beijing: Central Literature Publishing House. 2008. ISBN 9787507325690.
  • 李来柱诗记 [Poems of Li Laizhu] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Youth Publishing House. 2018. ISBN 9787515351841.

References

  1. ^ 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典 1921–2003 [Dictionary of All Previous Members of the Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party 1921–2003] (in Chinese). Beijing: CCP History Press. 2004. p. 1140. ISBN 7-80136-946-7.
  2. ^ Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang, Liaoning: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.
  3. ^ 原北京军区司令员李来柱上将逝世，享年92岁 (in Chinese)
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Beijing Military Region
1993–1997 		Succeeded by