Tan Zhenlin (1902—1983) was a political commissar in the People's Liberation Army

People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...

 during the Chinese Civil War

Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war fought between the Kuomintang , the governing party of the Republic of China, and the Communist Party of China , for the control of China which eventually led to China's division into two Chinas, Republic of China and People's Republic of...

, and a Communist politician after the establishment of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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Tan Zhenlin was born in You County

You County

You County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Zhuzhou city.-References:*...

 (攸县), Hunan

Hunan

' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...

 Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1926, and participated in the Chinese Civil War since the Jinggangshan Mountains rebellion in the early days of the war. By 1949 he rose to the first deputy political commissar of the Third Field Army of the PLA.

Tan Zhnelin sat on the 8th (1956—1969), 10th (1973—1977), and 11th (1977—1982) Central Committee of the Communist Party. He served as the Vice-Chairman of the 4th and 5th Standing Committee of the NPC

Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

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(1975—1978, 1978—1983).