Fu Kuiqing
傅奎清
Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region
In office
June 1985 – April 1990
CommanderXiang Shouzhi
Preceded byGuo Linxiang
Succeeded byShi Yuxiao
Personal details
Born
Fu Yixian

(1920-11-28)28 November 1920
Yingshan County, Hubei, China
Died28 August 2022(2022-08-28) (aged 101)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1939–1998
Rank Lieutenant general
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Counter-attack of Zhenbao Island
Awards Order of Independence and Freedom (3rd Class)
Order of Liberation (2nd Class)
Chinese name
Chinese傅奎清
Fu Yixian
Simplified Chinese傅义先
Traditional Chinese傅義先

Fu Kuiqing (Chinese: 傅奎清; 28 November 1920 – 28 August 2022) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region from 1985 to 1990. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress and was a member of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress.[1] He was a representative of the 10th, 12th, and 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

Fu was born Fu Yixian into a poor family in the town of Jinjiapu in Yingshan County, Hubei, on 28 November 1930.[2][1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1938 and enlisted in the New Fourth Army one year later.[2][1] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served in the New Fourth Army and fought with the Imperial Japanese Army in east China's Anhui province.[2][3][1] In 1949, he was assigned to the 3rd Field Army of the People's Liberation Army, and engaged in the Menglianggu campaign, Battle of Laiyang, Huaihai campaign, and the Yangtze River Crossing campaign.[1]

After founding of the Communist State in 1949, he served in the 25th Army for a long time. He participated in the Korean War in April 1953 and returned to China in 1958.[2][3][1] He was made director of the Political Department of the 23rd Army in January 1964.[1] In February 1966, he became deputy political commissar, rising to political commissar in February 1969.[1] He was appointed vice governor and party secretary of Heilongjiang in August 1971, concurrently serving as deputy political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region since October 1975.[3][1] During his tenure, he participated in the Counter-attack of Zhenbao Island.[1] He also served as director of the Political Department from December 1977 to December 1980.[1] In December 1980, he was commissioned as political commissar and party secretary of the Fuzhou Military District, he remained in those positions until June 1985.[3][1] After the Fuzhou Military District was merged into the Nanjing Military Region in 1985, he was appointed political commissar and deputy party secretary of the military region.[2][3][1] He retired in July 1998.[1]

He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988.[2]

On 28 August 2022, he died from an illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu, at the age of 102.[2][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Bo Yunfeng (薄云峰) (2 September 2022). 抗战老战士、原南京军区政治委员傅奎清同志遗体告别仪式在宁举行. yzwb.net (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Zhou Xiaojing (周晓婧) (28 August 2022). 傅奎清逝世，享年102岁：第一次带队打鬼子就俘虏4名日军. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 百岁将军：傅奎清的传奇人生. qq.com (in Chinese). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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