Liao Zhigao was a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was born in Mianning

Mianning County

Mianning County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture....

, Sichuan

Sichuan

' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

. He joined Communist Party of China in April, 1934.

Biography

In 1949 he was the secretary of CPC's Xikang committee, the governor of Xikang Province and the political commissar of provincial military region. After Sichuan and Xikang merged, he became the third secretary of CPC's Sichuan committee.

In February 1965, he became the first secretary of CPC's Sichuan committee.

He was persecuted at the beginning of Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

in 1967, and deprived of all posts.

In November 1974, he re-merged and became the first secretary of CPC's Fujian committee, director of Fujian revolution commission, and the political commissar of Fuzhou military region.

In August 1980, his half body was paralyzed due to stroke.

In 1982, he was elected as a member of central advisory commission.

Liao was a member of 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.