Zhu Dunfa Explained

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.

Biography

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]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Tian Bingxin (Chinese: 田炳信). http://news.sohu.com/2004/04/09/51/news219785111.shtml . zh:邓小平1992南巡见证者朱敦法:小平有这个胆魄 . Sohu . 9 April 2004 . 29 March 2022 . zh.
  2. News: https://news.sina.com.cn/o/2010-04-21/231917409989s.shtml . zh:今天的观念,决定未来的安全 ——访前国防大学校长朱敦法上将 . sina . 21 April 2010 . 29 March 2022 . zh.
  3. News: Yue Huairang (Chinese: 岳怀让). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_13708181 . zh:国防大学原校长朱敦法上将逝世,享年94岁 . thepaper . 23 July 2021 . 29 March 2022 . zh.