Liu Anyuan Explained

Office1:Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region
Term Start1:November 1992
Term End1:December 1993
1Blankname1:Commander
1Namedata1:Gu Hui
Predecessor1:Shi Yuxiao
Successor1:Fang Zuqi
Office2:Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Corps
Term Start2:April 1990
Term End2:November 1992
1Blankname2:Commander
Office3:Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department
Term Start3:November 1987
Term End3:April 1990
1Blankname3:Commander
1Namedata3:Zhao Nanqi
Predecessor3:Hong Xuezhi
Liu Anyuan
Native Name:刘安元
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:5 December 1927
Birth Place:Gaoqing County, Shandong, China
Death Place:Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Wuwei Artillery School
Serviceyears:1945–1993
Commands:Nanjing Military Region
Battles:Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Mawards: Order of Liberation (1955)
PLA Meritorious Service Medal (1998)
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Liú Ānyuán

Liu Anyuan (; 5 December 1927 – 23 May 2001) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department from 1987 to 1990, political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps from 1990 to 1992, and political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region from 1992 to 1993.

He was a member of the 5th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a member of the 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a representative of the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Liu was born into a poor peasant family in Gaoqing County, Shandong, on 5 December 1927.[1] [2] His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by his maternal grandfather Liu Jipei .[1]

In October 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army attacked Shandong and he left school due to the Japanese occupation.[1] [2] He became a member of the Youth Counter-Japanese National Salvation Association in 1943, and took part in an underground resistance movement in response to the ongoing occupation of China by the Empire of Japan.[1] [2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1943, and enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in August 1945.[1] [2]

During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the war and engaged in the Battle of Shanhai Pass, Battle of Changchun, Battle of Siping, Liaoshen campaign, Pingjin campaign, Yangtze River Crossing campaign, and Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi.[1] [2]

After establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he participated in the Battle of Guangzhou and the Battle of Hainan Island.[1] In 1958, he was appointed commander of the 508 Artillery Regiment, and went on to attend Wuwei Artillery School three years later. He was deputy head of the Organization Division of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department and deputy head of its Cadre Division in 1973 and then deputy political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region in 1985.[2] In November 1987, he was promoted to become political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department, a position he held until April 1990, when he was commissioned as political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps.[1] [2] He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988. In November 1992, he was chosen as political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region, serving in the post until his retirement in December 1993.[2]

On 23 May 2001, he died in Nanjing, Jiangsu, at the age of 73.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Bai Yan (Chinese: 白雁). https://www.chinanews.com.cn/cul/2012/07-02/4000562.shtml . zh:虎将刘安元强渡琼州海峡:用木帆船击退洋军舰 . chinanews.com.cn . 2 July 2012 . 22 July 2022 . zh.
  2. News: https://www.163.com/dy/article/HCAHOQE90543VS3D.html . zh:刘安元:中将军衔,原南京军区政委,曾任总后勤部政委 . 163.com . 15 July 2022 . 22 July 2022 . zh.