Ulanhu

Ulanhu
Ulanhu
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	烏蘭夫
Simplified Chinese	乌兰夫
Literal meaning	Red son (in Mongolian)
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wūlánfū
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	雲澤
Simplified Chinese	云泽
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yún Zé
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Улаанхүү
Mongolian script	ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠦᠦ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	Ulaγan Hüü

Ulanhu
Ulanhu
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠦᠦ; 乌兰夫
	Ulanhu in 1955
Vice President of China
	In office; 15 March 1983 – 15 March 1988
President	Li Xiannian
Leader	Deng Xiaoping
Preceded by	Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu (until 1972); vacant
Succeeded by	Wang Zhen
Head of the United Front Work Department
	In office; 2 June 1977 – 26 April 1982
Preceded by	Li Dazhang
Succeeded by	Yang Jingren
Personal details
Born	23 December 1907; Tumed Left Banner, Suiyuan, Qing dynasty; (present-day Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
Died	8 December 1988 (aged 80); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Yun Liren
Alma mater	Moscow Sun Yat-sen University

Ulanhu or Ulanfu (Chinese: 乌兰夫; pinyin: Wūlánfū; 23 December 1907 – 8 December 1988), born Yun Ze (Chinese: 云泽),^[1] was the founding Chairman of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, serving from 1947 to 1966.

An ethnic Tumed Mongol, he took the nom de guerre Ulanhu (lit. 'Red son')^[2] and had the nickname of "Mongol Prince” during his political career. He served as Vice-Premier between 1956 and 1966. He was purged during the Cultural Revolution but later reinstated. Between 1983 and 1988 he held the office of Vice President of China.

Ulanhu was the highest-ranking minority official in PRC history, and became an icon of loyalty both to the Mongolian people and to the PRC.^[3] Except for the period of the Cultural Revolution, his family dominated the politics of Inner Mongolia.^[4] His son Buhe served as Chairman of Inner Mongolia for a decade, and his granddaughter Bu Xiaolin was appointed to the same position in 2016.

^ Pirie, Fernanda; Huber, Toni (31 July 2008). Conflict and Social Order in Tibet and Inner Asia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-4259-2.
^ Pirie, Fernanda; Huber, Toni (31 July 2008). Conflict and Social Order in Tibet and Inner Asia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-4259-2.
^ Gries, Peter Hays; Rosen, Stanley (2004). State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention, and Legitimation. Psychology Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-415-33204-0.
^ Bulag, Uradyn Erden (2002). The Mongols at China's Edge: History and the Politics of National Unity. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 213–4. ISBN 978-0-7425-1144-6.

[1] Pirie, Fernanda; Huber, Toni (31 July 2008). Conflict and Social Order in Tibet and Inner Asia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-4259-2.

[2] Pirie, Fernanda; Huber, Toni (31 July 2008). Conflict and Social Order in Tibet and Inner Asia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-4259-2.

[GriesRosen2004-3] Gries, Peter Hays; Rosen, Stanley (2004). State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention, and Legitimation. Psychology Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-415-33204-0.

[Bulag2002-4] Bulag, Uradyn Erden (2002). The Mongols at China's Edge: History and the Politics of National Unity. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 213–4. ISBN 978-0-7425-1144-6.

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Ulanhu
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠦᠦ 乌兰夫
Ulanhu in 1955

Vice President of China
In office 15 March 1983 – 15 March 1988
President	Li Xiannian
Leader	Deng Xiaoping
Preceded by	Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu (until 1972) vacant
Succeeded by	Wang Zhen
Head of the United Front Work Department
In office 2 June 1977 – 26 April 1982
Preceded by	Li Dazhang
Succeeded by	Yang Jingren

Personal details
Born	23 December 1907 Tumed Left Banner, Suiyuan, Qing dynasty (present-day Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
Died	8 December 1988(1988-12-08) (aged 80) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Yun Liren
Alma mater	Moscow Sun Yat-sen University