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Wang Zhen
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Key facts
- President
- Yang Shangkun
- Preceded by
- Ulanhu
- Succeeded by
- Rong Yiren
- Leader
- Deng Xiaoping
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai , Hua Guofeng
- Born
- ( 1908-04-11 ) April 11, 1908, Liuyang County , Hunan , Qing China
- Died
- March 12, 1993 (1993-03-12) (aged 84), Guangzhou , China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Relations
- Wang Jun (businessman) (son)
- Awards
- Order of Bayi (First Class), Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class), Order of Liberation (China) (First Class)
- Nickname s
- "Mustachio Wang" ( Wáng húzi, 王胡子 )
- Branch service
- People's Liberation Army Ground Force
- Years of service
- 1929-1956
- Rank
- Colonel General
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Liuyang
- Place of death
- Guangzhou
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- People’s Liberation Army
- Image
- Wangzhen1955.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-04-11
- date of death
- 1993-03-12
- Commons category
- Wang Zhen
- name in native language
- 王震
- has works in the collection
- The Palace Museum
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese餘開 Simplified Chinese余开
Second alternative Chinese name Chinese正林
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