Office1: | President of PLA National Defence University |
Term Start1: | November 1992 |
Term End1: | July 1995 |
Predecessor1: | Zhang Zhen |
Successor1: | Xing Shizhong |
Office2: | Commander of Guangzhou Military Region |
Term Start2: | April 1990 |
Term End2: | October 1992 |
Predecessor2: | Liu Cunzhi |
Successor2: | Li Xilin |
Zhu Dunfa | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Date: | 1927 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pei County, Jiangsu, China |
Death Place: | Beijing, China |
Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma Mater: | PLA Military Academy |
Serviceyears: | 1939–2021 |
Rank: | General |
Unit: | 16th Group Army |
Battles: | Chinese Civil War Korean War |
Mawards: | Order of Liberation (3rd Class) |
Zhu Dunfa (; 28 December 1927 – 21 July 2021) was a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).[1] He was a delegate to the 6th and 7th National People's Congress, and a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhu was born in Pei County, Jiangsu, on 28 December 1927. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in 1939, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1945.[2]
During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the war and engaged in the, the Huaihai campaign, and the Yangtze River Crossing campaign.[2]
In 1953, he was assigned North Korea with the 16th Group Army and fought under Peng Dehuai at the Korean War.[2] He returned to China in 1958. In 1985, he was made deputy commander of Shenyang Military Region.[2] In April 1990, he was promoted to commander of Guangzhou Military Region, he remained in that position until October 1992, when he was commissioned as president of PLA National Defence University.[2]
On 21 July 2021, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 93.[3]
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988 and general (shangjiang) in 1993.[3]