Gao Gang

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Gao Gang was a prominent early Chinese Communist leader who held powerful political and military positions in the 1940s–1950s before being purged in a major party scandal.

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instanceOf Chinese Communist Party politician
Chinese politician
military leader
revolutionary
alliance close political relationship with Mao Zedong in the 1940s
birthDate 1905-10-26
birthPlace Hengshan County, Shaanxi, Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
burialPlace Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery (reported, but politically sensitive) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath suicide
causeOfDownfall accusations of attempting to split the Party leadership
accusations of forming an anti‑Party clique
conflict political conflict with Liu Shaoqi
political conflict with Zhou Enlai
political conflict with other central leaders over power and planning
countryOfCitizenship People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED
Republic of China NERFINISHED
deathDate 1954-08-17
deathManner committed suicide while under investigation
deathPlace Beijing, People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED
era Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED
early People’s Republic of China
event Gao Gang–Rao Shushi affair NERFINISHED
heldPosition chairman of the Northeast People’s Government
chairman of the State Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China
commander of the Northeast Field Army
member of the CCP Central Committee
member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
political commissar of the Northeast Field Army
secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the CCP
vice chairman of the Central People’s Government Council
influenced early PRC economic planning and industrialization strategy
joined Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED
joinedDate 1926
memberOf Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED
militaryRank senior commander
name Gao Gang NERFINISHED
nativeName 高岗 NERFINISHED
notableFor being central figure in the Gao Gang–Rao Shushi affair
leadership in the Communist-controlled Shaanxi–Gansu–Ningxia Border Region
leadership of the Communist base in Northeast China after 1945
role in early economic planning of the People’s Republic of China
participatedIn Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED
Chinese Communist Revolution NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology Maoism NERFINISHED
Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED
purgeDate 1954
purgedBy Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Northeast China NERFINISHED
Shaanxi NERFINISHED
spouse Li Zhao NERFINISHED

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