- Preceded by
- Soong Ching-ling (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Peng Zhen
- Chairman
- Mao Zedong , Hua Guofeng , Hu Yaobang
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai , Hua Guofeng
- Constituency
- Guangdong At-large (54–59) , PLA At-large (59–83)
- Born
- 葉劍英 , ( 1897-04-28 ) 28 April 1897, Mei County, Guangdong , Qing Dynasty
- Died
- 22 October 1986 (1986-10-22) (aged 89), Beijing , China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party (1927–1985)
- Children
- 7, including Ye Xuanping
- Relatives
- Zou Jiahua (son-in-law)
- Alma mater
- Yunnan Military Academy , Communist University of the Toilers of the East
- Nickname s
- 叶帅 (Marshal Ye), 花帅 ("Playboy Marshal")
- Allegiance
- Republic of China , China
- Branch service
- People's Liberation Army Ground Force , 18th Army Group , NRA, Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army , 1st Army and 4th Army, National Revolutionary Army
- Years of service
- 1917–1985
- Rank
- Marshal of the People's Republic of China , Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army , Republic of China
- Commands
- Chief of Staff, 4th Army , NRA , Chief of Staff, Chinese Red Army , Chief of Staff, 18th Army Group , NRA , Chief of the General Staff , CMC
- Awards
- Order of Victory of Resistance against Aggression (1946), Order of August 1 (1st Class Medal) (1955), Order of Independence and Freedom (1st Class Medal) (1955), Order of Liberation (1st Class Medal) (1955), details...