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Song Keda

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Song Keda
宋克达
Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region
In office
November 1987 – December 1993
Preceded byLiu Zhenhua
Succeeded byLi Xinliang
Personal details
Born(1928-07-05)5 July 1928
Yancheng County, Jiangsu, China
Died17 September 1995(1995-09-17) (aged 67)
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1944–1993
Rank Lieutenant general
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Kèdá
Song Chongkuan
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Chóngkuān

Song Keda (Chinese: 宋克达; 5 July 1928 – 17 September 1995) was a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a delegate to the 6th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

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Song was born Song Chongkuan (宋崇宽) in Yancheng County (now Yancheng), Jiangsu, on 5 July 1928.[1]

He enlisted in the New Fourth Army in August 1944, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1945. He served in the 39th Group Army before being transferred to Shenyang Military Region in 1954. In 1964, he was reassigned to the 39th Group Army, where he was promoted to become deputy director of its Political Department in 1970 and political commissar in May 1983. In June 1985, he became deputy political commissar of Shenyang Military Region, rising to political commissar in November 1987. He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988.[1]

On 17 September 1995, he died of an illness in Shenyang, Liaoning, at the age of 67.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 39军成立时,他是连指导员,后来成为沈阳军区政委,60岁升中将. Sohu (in Chinese). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
Military offices
Preceded by Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region
1987–1993
Succeeded by