You Taizhong (Chinese: 尤太忠; pinyin: Yóu Tàizhōng; Wade–Giles: Yu T'ai-chung; 1918–1998) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

You Taizhong
尤太忠
You in 1955
Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region
In office
October 1982 – December 1987
Preceded byWu Kehua [zh]
Succeeded byZhang Wannian
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
In office
January 1980 – October 1982
Preceded byWu Kehua [zh]
Succeeded byWang Chenghan
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
December 1977 – December 1979
Preceded byUlanhu
Succeeded byKui Bi [zh]
First Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia
In office
May 1971 – October 1978
Preceded byZheng Weishan
Succeeded byZhou Hui
3rd Chairman of Inner Mongolia
In office
May 1971 – October 1978
Preceded byTeng Haiqing
Succeeded byKong Fei
Personal details
BornDecember 1918
Guangshan County, Henan, China
Died24 July 1998(1998-07-24) (aged 79)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service
Years of service1931–1988
Rank General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Awards

Biography

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He was born in Guangshan County, Henan in December 1918. He joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in January 1931, the Communist Youth League of China in November 1933 and the Chinese Communist Party in June 1934. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a brigade commander in the Eighth Route Army.

He was later a division commander in the People's Volunteer Army. He was promoted to major general in 1955. He served in the Nanjing, Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou Military Regions. During the Cultural Revolution he was Director of the Revolutionary Committee of Inner Mongolia. He retired on September 14, 1988.

He was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committees of the CPC. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.

References

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Government offices
Preceded by Chairman of Inner Mongolia
1971–1978
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by First Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia
1971–1978
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Political Commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military District
1971–1972
Succeeded by
Commander of the Inner Mongolia Military District
1971–1978
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
1980–1982
Succeeded by
Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region
1982–1987
Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
1977–1979
Succeeded by