Song Keda

Song Keda
宋克达
Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region
In office November 1987 – December 1993
Preceded by	Liu Zhenhua
Succeeded by	Li Xinliang
Personal details
Born	(1928-07-05)5 July 1928 Yancheng County, Jiangsu, China
Died	17 September 1995(1995-09-17) (aged 67) Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1944–1993
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Korean War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	宋克达
Traditional Chinese	宋克達
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sòng Kèdá
Song Chongkuan
Chinese	宋崇宽
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sòng Chóngkuān

Song Keda (Chinese: 宋克达; 5 July 1928 – 17 September 1995) was a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a delegate to the 6th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography[edit]

Song was born Song Chongkuan (宋崇宽) in Yancheng County (now Yancheng), Jiangsu, on 5 July 1928.^[1]

He enlisted in the New Fourth Army in August 1944, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1945. He served in the 39th Group Army before being transferred to Shenyang Military Region in 1954. In 1964, he was reassigned to the 39th Group Army, where he was promoted to become deputy director of its Political Department in 1970 and political commissar in May 1983. In June 1985, he became deputy political commissar of Shenyang Military Region, rising to political commissar in November 1987. He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988.^[1]

On 17 September 1995, he died of an illness in Shenyang, Liaoning, at the age of 67.^[1]

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