Yao Shuanglong
Yao Shuanglong | |||||||
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姚双龙 | |||||||
Commander of the Yunnan Military District | |||||||
In office March 1994 – March 1998 | |||||||
Preceded by | Zhu Chengyou | ||||||
Succeeded by | Wang Jitang | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | 1936 Heqing County, Yunnan, China | ||||||
Died | 2023 (aged 86–87) Kunming, Yunnan, China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
Years of service | 1956–1998 | ||||||
Rank | Major general | ||||||
Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 姚双龙 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 姚雙龍 | ||||||
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Yao Shuanglong (Chinese: 姚双龙; 1936 – 1 February 2023) was a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as commander of the Yunnan Military District from 1994 to 1998.
Biography
[edit]Yao was born into an ethnic Bai family in Heqing County, Yunnan, in 1936.[1]
In 1956, Yao Shuanglong, who enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the age of 19, participated in the battle to suppress the rebellion in Xikang Province.[1] In May 1981, Yao, the than commander of the 126th Regiment of the 42nd Division of the 14th Army, led his troops to recapture the Koulin Mountain (扣林山).[1] In 1985, Yao became deputy commander of the Yunnan Military District, rising to commander in 1994.[1] He attained the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988.[1]
Yao died in Kunming, on 1 February 2023.[1][2]
Autobiography
[edit]- 血色征程 [Bloody Journey] (in Chinese). Kunming, Yunnan: Yunnan People's Publishing House. 2011. ISBN 9787222085626.