Wu Xiuquan

Wu Xiuquan
Wu Xiuquan
伍修权
	Wu in 1946
Chinese Ambassador to Yugoslavia
	In office; 26 February 1955 – 1 September 1958
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Chargé d'affaires
Personal details
Born	6 March 1908; Wuchang, Hubei, Qing China
Died	3 November 1997 (aged 89); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Xu He
Alma mater	Moscow Sun Yat-sen University

Wu Xiuquan (Chinese: 伍修权; Wade–Giles: Wu Hsiu-ch'üan; 6 March 1908^[1]^[2]^[3] – 9 November 1997) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, military officer, and diplomat. He studied in the Soviet Union, enlisted in the Chinese Red Army, and participated in the Long March. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, China's first ambassador to Yugoslavia, and Vice Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party. After being imprisoned for eight years during the Cultural Revolution, Wu was appointed Deputy Chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department in 1975 and later served as vice president of the special court that tried and convicted the Gang of Four and the Lin Biao clique of numerous crimes during the Cultural Revolution.