Marshal of the People's Republic of China

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Chinese military rank military rank

Marshal of the People's Republic of China was the highest military rank in the Chinese armed forces, awarded in 1955 to a select group of top Communist military leaders for their roles in the revolution and early PRC.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Marshal of the People's Republic of China canonical 5
Marshal of the People’s Republic of China 2
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese military rank ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
awardingInstrument 1955 PLA rank regulations ⓘ
ChineseNameSimplified 中华人民共和国元帅 ⓘ
ChineseNameTraditional 中華人民共和國元帥 ⓘ
conferredBy Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
People's Republic of China government ⓘ
surface form: Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
country China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
distinctFrom Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
surface form: Field Marshal (United Kingdom)

Grand Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Marshal of the Soviet Union ⓘ
eligibility senior commanders of the Chinese Red Army and Eighth Route Army ⓘ
top Communist military leaders ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria major contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution ⓘ
endTime 1965 ⓘ
firstAwarded 1955 ⓘ
hasHolder Chen Yi ⓘ
He Long ⓘ
Lin Biao ⓘ
Liu Bocheng ⓘ
Luo Ronghuan ⓘ
Nie Rongzhen ⓘ
Peng Dehuai ⓘ
Xu Xiangqian ⓘ
Ye Jianying ⓘ
Zhu De ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest military rank in the Chinese armed forces ⓘ
higherRank none ⓘ
historicalContext early years of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
introducedInPeriod 1955 ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
lastAwarded 1955 ⓘ
lowerRank General of the People's Liberation Army ⓘ
militaryBranch People's Liberation Army ⓘ
Chinese Air Force ⓘ
surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force

People's Liberation Army Ground Force ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Navy ⓘ
numberOfHolders 10 ⓘ
partOf People's Liberation Army rank system ⓘ
pinyinTransliteration Marshal of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài
rankClass five‑star rank ⓘ
reasonForAbolition abolition of military ranks in the People's Liberation Army in the mid‑1960s ⓘ
shortFormChineseNameSimplified 元帅 ⓘ
shortFormChineseNameTraditional 元帥 ⓘ
startTime 1955 ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ
usedDuringConflict Chinese Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Civil War (as recognition of earlier service)

Korean War (as recognition of leadership) ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhu De → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Liu Bocheng → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Lin Biao → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Chen Yi → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshal of the People’s Republic of China
De → heldRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhu De
Marshal of the People's Republic of China → pinyinTransliteration → Marshal of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài
Ye Jianying → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Nie Rongzhen → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshal of the People’s Republic of China