Lu Dadong

Lu Dadong
鲁大东
Governor of Sichuan
In office
December 1979 – April 1983
Preceded byZhao Ziyang
Succeeded byYang Xizong
Personal details
Born1915
Guantao County, Hebei, China
Died28 August 1998 (aged 83)
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lu.

Lu Dadong (Chinese: 鲁大东; 1915 – 28 August 1998) was a communist revolutionary and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Chief of Chongqing city and Governor of Sichuan province.[1][2]

Biography

Lu Dadong was a native of Guantao County, Hebei province. He joined the communist revolution in 1937 and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938.[1]

In 1943 Lu studied at the Central Party School of the CCP in Yan'an. He was a commander of the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War and participated in numerous battles, including the Battle of Chengdu in Sichuan.[1]

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Lu Dadong was appointed Communist Party Chief of Leshan prefecture in Sichuan. He was later transferred to Chongqing (then under the administration of Sichuan).

As mayor of Chongqing during the Third Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's rugged interior, Lu was also appointed to direct the administrative body overseeing conventional weapons production industry around Chongqing.[3]: 86 

Lu rose to the position of First Party Secretary (party chief) of Chongqing (April 1974 – November 1981)[4] and deputy party chief of Sichuan. From December 1979 to April 1983 he served as Governor of Sichuan.[1][2]

Lu disappeared from public life in September 1989.[2] He died on 28 August 1998 in Chengdu.[1]

Lu was an alternate member of the 9th and 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 11th and 12th Central Committees.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 鲁大东同志逝世 [Lu Dadong passes away]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 1998-10-05. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. ^ a b c Bartke, Wolfgang (1997). Who was Who in the People's Republic of China. Walter de Gruyter. p. 311. ISBN 9783110968231.
  3. ^ Meyskens, Covell F. (2020). Mao's Third Front: The Militarization of Cold War China. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108784788. ISBN 978-1-108-78478-8. OCLC 1145096137. S2CID 218936313.
  4. ^ Lamb, Malcolm, Directory of Officials and Organizations in China,"" M.E. Sharpe, London, 1994, p. 1117
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Sichuan
1979–1983 		Succeeded by