Qin Jiwei

Qin Jiwei
秦基偉
Qin Jiwei in 1955
State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
In office 12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993
Premier	Li Peng
Minister of National Defense
In office 12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993
Premier	Li Peng
Preceded by	Zhang Aiping
Succeeded by	Chi Haotian
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region
In office September 1977 – January 1980
Preceded by	Liu Zihou
Succeeded by	Yuan Shengping [zh]
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
In office 1973 – October 1975
Preceded by	Liang Xingchu
Succeeded by	Liu Xingyuan
Personal details
Born	(1914-11-16)16 November 1914 Hong'an County, Hubei, China
Died	2 February 1997(1997-02-02) (aged 82) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	Qin Weijiang Qin Tian
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1927–1993
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) Chinese Civil War (1946–1950) Korean War (1950–1953)
Awards	Order of Bayi (2nd) Order of Independence and Freedom (1st) Order of Liberation (1st)

Qin Jiwei (simplified Chinese: 秦基伟; traditional Chinese: 秦基偉; pinyin: Qín Jīwěi; 16 November 1914 – 2 February 1997) was a general of the People's Republic of China, Minister of National Defense and a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo.

Qin Jiwei was born to a poor peasant family^[1] in Huang'an (now Hong'an), Hubei Province of China in November 1914.