Lin Biao

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Lin Biao was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and politician who played a key role in the Chinese Civil War and later became Mao Zedong’s designated successor before dying under mysterious circumstances in 1971.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese Communist Party politician
Chinese military commander
Chinese politician
People's Liberation Army general
human
accusation alleged involvement in the so‑called Project 571 coup attempt
allegiance Chinese Red Army
Chinese Red Army
surface form: Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

People's Liberation Army
awardReceived Order of August First
Order of Independence and Freedom
Order of Liberation
birthName Lin Yurong
causeOfDeath airplane crash
child Lin Liguo
closeAllyOf Mao Zedong
conflict Chinese Civil War (early phase)
surface form: Chinese Civil War

Chinese Revolution
surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 5 December 1907
dateOfDeath 13 September 1971
education Whampoa Military Academy
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
gender male
ideology Maoism
Marxism–Leninism
influencedBy Mao Zedong
knownFor commanding the Fourth Field Army in the Chinese Civil War
helping compile and promote the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Little Red Book)
mannerOfDeath accident
memberOf Chinese Communist Party
militaryBranch People's Liberation Army
militaryRank Marshal of the People's Republic of China
movement Chinese Communist Revolution
Cultural Revolution
name Lin Biao self-link
notableEvent purged posthumously by the Chinese Communist Party
notableRole Mao Zedong's designated successor
key military commander in the Chinese Civil War
notableWork promotion of Mao Zedong Thought during the Cultural Revolution
placeOfBirth Huanggang
surface form: Huanggang, Hubei, Qing dynasty, China
placeOfDeath Öndörkhaan, Mongolia
positionHeld Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Minister of Defence
surface form: Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China

Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
surface form: Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
spouse Ye Qun

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