Gu Hui
Chinese general
About Gu Hui
Lived 1930 – 2013 (aged 82–83). Gu Hui was a Chinese.
Gu Hui (; October 1930 – 10 September 2013) was a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was an alternate member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in August 1947, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1948. During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the Northeast Field Army. In 1950, he participated in the Korean War. In 1958, he entered PLA Military Academy, where he graduated in 1961. In 1975, he was assigned to the Guangzhou Military Region and appointed head of training department of military schools. He became leader of the 9th Group of Tanzanian Military Experts in the following year. In 1979, he won fame for his heroic efforts at the Sino-Vietnamese War. In June 1985, he was promoted to become deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region, a position he held until April 1990, when he was promoted again to become commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
On 10 September 2013, he died from an illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu, at the age of 82.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988 and general (shangjiang) in 1994.
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Who was Gu Hui?
Chinese general
When was Gu Hui born?
Gu Hui was born in 1930 in Gaizhou, Liaoning.
When did Gu Hui die?
Gu Hui died on 10 September 2013 in Jiangsu, Nanjing.
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Gu Hui was Chinese.
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