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Luo Ronghuan
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| 罗荣桓 | |
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| Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission | |
| In office 1961–1963 |
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| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Tan Zheng |
| In office 17 September 1955 – 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Tan Zheng |
| Succeeded by | Xiao Hua |
| Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate | |
| In office 1949–1954 |
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| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Dingcheng |
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| Born | 26 November 1902 Hengshan County, Hunan Province, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 16 December 1963 (aged 61) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Occupation | General, politician, writer |
| Awards |  Order of Bayi (First Class Medal) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class Medal) Order of Liberation (China) (First Class Medal) |
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| Allegiance | People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force |
| Years of service | 1927-1963 |
| Rank | Marshal of People's Republic of China |
| Commands | Political Commissar of the Northeast Field Army, PLA |
| Battles/wars | Northern Expedition，Long March，Hundred Regiments Offensive，Chinese Civil War |
Luo Ronghuan (simplified Chinese: 罗荣桓; traditional Chinese: 羅榮桓; pinyin: Luó Rónghuán; Wade–Giles: Lo Jung-huan; November 26, 1902 – December 16, 1963) was a Chinese communist military leader. He served as a Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Biography
Luo was born in a village in Hengshan County, Hunan Province. In 1919, at the age of 17, he enrolled in Xiejun Middle School in Changsha. Five years later, he began attending Shandong University (then Qingdao Private College), completing a preparatory course in Industry in Commerce in 1926. He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in April 1927 and the Chinese Communist Party later that year. During the Long March he served as the security chief for the Chinese Red Army.
After World War II, Luo served as the political commissar of Lin Biao in Northeast China during the Chinese civil war.
After the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 he became Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army. He was made a marshal in 1955.
Luo was the member of the 7th CPC Central Committee and 8th CPC Politburo. When Luo died in 1963, both Mao and Lin Biao attended his funeral; his funeral was one of the only two funerals Marshal Lin Biao attended, the other being the funeral of his former chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the PLA air force General Liu Yalou.
