Ye Jianying

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Yuanshuai Ye Jianying
叶剑英
3rd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 5 March 1978 – 17 June 1983
Preceded by	Soong Ching-ling (acting)
Succeeded by	Peng Zhen
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
In office 30 August 1973 – 12 September 1982
Chairman	Mao Zedong Hua Guofeng Hu Yaobang
3rd Minister of National Defense
In office 17 January 1975 – 26 February 1978
Premier	Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng
Preceded by	Marshal Lin Biao
Succeeded by	Marshal Xu Xiangqian
Member of the National People's Congress
In office 15 September 1954 – 6 June 1983
Constituency	Guangdong At-large (54–59) PLA At-large (59–83)
1st Mayor of Guangzhou
In office 1949–1952
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	He Wei
Personal details
Born	葉劍英 (1897-04-28)28 April 1897 Mei County, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty
Died	22 October 1986(1986-10-22) (aged 89) Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1927–1985)
Spouse	6
Relations	Zou Jiahua (son-in-law)
Children	7 including Ye Xuanping, Dai Qing
Alma mater	Yunnan Military Academy Communist University of the Toilers of the East
Nickname(s)	叶帅 (Marshal Ye) 花帅 ("Playboy Marshal")
Military service
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party  People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force 18th Army Group, NRA Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army 1st Army and 4th Army, National Revolutionary Army
Years of service	1917–1985
Rank	Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China
Commands	Chief of Staff, 4th Army, NRA Chief of Staff, Chinese Red Army Chief of Staff, 18th Army Group, NRA Chief of the General Staff, CMC
Awards	Order of Victory of Resistance against Aggression (1946) Order of August 1 (1st Class Medal) (1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (1st Class Medal) (1955) Order of Liberation (1st Class Medal) (1955) details...
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	叶剑英
Traditional Chinese	葉劍英
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Jiànyīng Wade–Giles Yeh Chien-ying IPA [jê tɕjɛ̂n.íŋ] Hakka Romanization Ya̍p Kiam-yîn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Yip Gim-ying
Birth name
Simplified Chinese	叶宜伟
Traditional Chinese	葉宜偉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Yíwěi Wade–Giles Yeh I-wei Hakka Romanization Ya̍p Ngì-vî Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Yip Ji-wai
Courtesy name
Simplified Chinese	沧白
Traditional Chinese	滄白
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cāngbái Wade–Giles Ts'ang-pai Hakka Romanization Chhông-pha̍k Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Cong-baak

Ye Jianying (simplified Chinese: 叶剑英; traditional Chinese: 葉劍英; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew the Gang of Four and ended the Cultural Revolution, and was the key supporter of Deng Xiaoping in his power struggle with Hua Guofeng between 1978 and 1981, which ended in Hua fading into political obscurity. In his capacity as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Ye served as China's head of state from 1978 until 1983.