Li Zuopeng

Li Zuopeng ({{zh|t=李作鵬|s=李作鹏|p=Lǐ Zuòpéng}}; April 24, 1914 – January 3, 2009) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Biography

Li was born in Ji'an, Jiangxi in 1914. He joined the Chinese Red Army in 1930.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

In the Cultural Revolution, Li was elected as the member of the 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1969. As an ally of Lin Biao, he lost his position after Lin Biao's fall. He was put on trial and given a seventeen-year prison sentence in 1981.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

[http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-01-04/094716973534.shtml Biography of Li Zuopeng], at Sina.com. {{in lang|zh}}