You Taizhong

You Taizhong
You Taizhong
尤太忠
	You in 1955
Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region
	In office; October 1982 – December 1987
Preceded by	Wu Kehua [zh]
Succeeded by	Zhang Wannian
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
	In office; January 1980 – October 1982
Preceded by	Wu Kehua [zh]
Succeeded by	Wang Chenghan
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
	In office; December 1977 – December 1979
Preceded by	Ulanhu
Succeeded by	Kui Bi [zh]
First Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia
	In office; May 1971 – October 1978
Preceded by	Zheng Weishan
Succeeded by	Zhou Hui
3rd Chairman of Inner Mongolia
	In office; May 1971 – October 1978
Preceded by	Teng Haiqing
Succeeded by	Kong Fei
Personal details
Born	December 1918; Guangshan County, Henan, China
Died	24 July 1998 (aged 79); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; Eighth Route Army; People's Liberation Army Ground Force;
Years of service	1931–1988
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War; Chinese Civil War; Korean War
Awards	Order of August 1 (2nd Class Medal; 1955); Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class Medal; 1955); Order of Liberation (2nd Class Medal; 1955);

You Taizhong (Chinese: 尤太忠; pinyin: Yóu Tàizhōng; Wade–Giles: Yu T'ai-chung; 1918–1998) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Biography edit

He was born in Guangshan County, Henan in December 1918. He joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in January 1931, the Communist Youth League of China in November 1933 and the Chinese Communist Party in June 1934. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a brigade commander in the Eighth Route Army.

He was later a division commander in the People's Volunteer Army. He was promoted to major general in 1955. He served in the Nanjing, Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou Military Regions. During the Cultural Revolution he was Director of the Revolutionary Committee of Inner Mongolia. He retired on September 14, 1988.

He was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committees of the CPC. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.

Government offices
Preceded by Teng Haiqing	Chairman of Inner Mongolia 1971–1978	Succeeded by Kong Fei
Party political offices
Preceded by Zheng Weishan	First Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia 1971–1978	Succeeded by Zhou Hui
Military offices
Preceded by Teng Haiqing	Political Commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military District 1971–1972	Succeeded by Wu Tao [zh]
Preceded by Teng Haiqing	Commander of the Inner Mongolia Military District 1971–1978	Succeeded by Huang Hou [zh]
Preceded by Wu Kehua [zh]	Commander of the Chengdu Military Region 1980–1982	Succeeded by Wang Chenghan
Preceded by Wu Kehua [zh]	Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region 1982–1987	Succeeded by Zhang Wannian
Assembly seats
Preceded by Ulanhu	Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1977–1979	Succeeded by Kui Bi [zh]