Huang Kecheng

Huang Kecheng is one of ten senior generals of People's Liberation Army.

Biography

General Huang Kecheng was born in 1902 in Yongxing County, Hunan Province of China. He graduated from Hunan state's 3rd Normal School in 1920, and joined Communist Party of China in 1925. He led Yongxing campaign during Xiangnan campaign in 1928, and participated major battles encountered by Red Army Third Division. Upon arrival on North Shaanxi, he was promoted to the director of general political and organizational department. At the beginning Second Sino-Japan War, he was the political commissar of 344 brigade, affiliated to 115 division of Eighth Route Army. Along with Xu Haidong , he led the army to fight in regions across Shanxi, Hebei and Henan. After 1940, he was the political commissar of Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army, and later the deputy and logistics commander of Northeastern Democratic Alliance Army.

He was appointed as the party's secretary of Tianjing City. Since the establishment of People's Republic of China, his duties include state secretary of Hunan Province, Commander of Hunan Military Region and political commissar, deputy director of chief staff and director of general logistics, deputy minister of national defense, secretary general of CMC and director of chief staff of PLA.

He was made a senior general in 1955, and awarded Class One Eight-One medal, Class One Independence and Freedom medal, and Class One Liberation medal.

In 1959, he was denounced as a member of "Anti-Party group" along with Peng Dehuai, because he criticized the "Great Leap Forward" and "People's Commune". He was deprived of all positions and was under investigation for long time. He was later persecuted again during Cultural Revolution.

He re-emerged in 1977 and was appointed as advisor to the Central Military Commission, and executive secretary of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was an alternate and then formal member of 7th Central Committee of CPC, and a member of and secretary. He was selected as central committee member again in 1978.

He died on December 28, 1986 in Beijing.