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Gao Gang (1905-august 17, 1954), male, born in gaojiagou village, Wuzhen Township, Hengshan County, Shaanxi Province, formerly known as Gao Chongde and named shuoqing, came from a poor peasant family. He was one of the founders of the Red Army and revolutionary base in Shaanxi and Gansu, and was once vice president of the Central People's Government of the people's Republic of China.

In February 1954, at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he was exposed and criticized for his conspiracy with Rao Shushi to split the party and usurp the supreme power of the party and the state. He committed suicide on August 17, 1954. In March 1955, the National Congress of the Communist Party of China adopted a resolution to expel him from the party and remove all his posts inside and outside the party.

Life of the characters

He was born in gaojiagou, Hengshan County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province in 1905.

In 1922, he was admitted to the first senior primary school of Hengshan County. Influenced by the activities of Communist Party members, he organized the student autonomy Association and was once the chairman of the student union. He was expelled from the school for participating in the progress activities. Du Bincheng, the principal of Yulin middle school, enrolled in the school.

In 1926, he joined the Communist Party of China.

From 1927 to 1931, he secretly carried out military work in the northwest local forces of the Kuomintang and launched an armed uprising.

In January 1932, he served as secretary of the guerrilla Party committee of the Shaanxi Gansu workers' and peasants' Red Army.

In August 1933, he served as a political member of the temporary general headquarters of the Red Army on the border of Shaanxi and Gansu. After November, he served as political commissar of the 42nd division of the 26th Red Army and political commissar of the 26th Red Army. He was one of the founders of the Shaanxi Gansu Red Army and the revolutionary base.

In February 1935, in order to unify the leadership of the party and the Red Army in the two revolutionary bases of Shaanxi Gansu and Northern Shaanxi, the northwest Working Committee and the Northwest Revolutionary Military Committee of the Communist Party of China were established. He served as vice chairman and general political member of the Northwest Revolutionary Military Committee. In September, the 25th Red Army joined the 26th Red Army and the 27th Red Army to form the 15th Red Army.

In May 1938, he served as secretary of the CPC Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia Border Region Party committee.

In January 1939, he was elected president of the Senate at the first meeting of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region.

At the beginning of 1941, he served as secretary of the Central Bureau of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region. In May of the same year, the Central Bureau of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region of the CPC and the northwest Working Committee of the CPC merged to form the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he was ordered to go to the northeast and served as commander of the North Manchurian military region in November 1945.

In June 1946, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy political commissar of the Northeast Democratic Alliance.

At the end of 1947, he served as the first deputy commander and deputy political commissar of the Northeast People's Liberation Army.

After 1949, he served as secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the Northeast People's government, commander and political commissar of the Northeast military region.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as vice president of the Central People's government.

In November 1952, he was appointed chairman of the Planning Committee of the Central People's government and chairman of the Northeast administrative committee.

In 1953, after being transferred to the Central Committee, he conspired to usurp the supreme power of the party and the state. He was exposed and criticized at the Fourth Plenary Session of the seventh CPC Central Committee in February 1954. He committed suicide on August 17.

In March 1955, the Chinese Communist Party held a National Congress and passed a resolution to expel him from the party.

Family situation

First wife: Yang Zhifang

Second wife: Li Liqun

Character events

The essence of the gaorao incident is that they (Gao Gang, Rao Shushi and others) tried to pull Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai down from the second and third positions of the Communist Party of China. The main target is Liu Shaoqi. " In 1955, when the government came to the conclusion of this incident, it called it "conspiracy" and "unprincipled" activities to strengthen individual power.

Character evaluation

In the long-term revolutionary struggle, Gao Gang won the trust of the party because of his correct contribution to the revolution. However, his individualism (which is mainly manifested in his arrogance and arrogance when things go well, and his fear of gain and loss when things go wrong) and his desire for corruption in his private life have not been corrected and stopped for a long time, and have been greatly improved after the national victory Developed, this is his dark side Gao Gang's anti party behavior in the recent period is the inevitable result of the development of his dark side.

First, the line of the senior cadres meeting of the Northwest Bureau in 1942 was correct; second, Gao Gang's work in the Party committee of the border region and the Northwest Bureau carried out the central line.

Commemoration of later generations

On August 29, 2009, the bust of Gaogang was completed in the hometown of Gaogang, gaojiagou village, Wuzhen Township, Hengshan County, Shaanxi Province.

Chinese PinYin : Gao Gang