Fu Zuoyi
Chinese politician
Died when: 78 years 296 days (945 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Fu Zuoyi (simplified Chinese: 傅作义; traditional Chinese: 傅作義; pinyin: Fù Zuòyì;Wade–Giles: Fu Tso-i) (June 2, 1895 − April 19, 1974) was a Chinese military leader.
He began his military career in the service of Yan Xishan, and he was widely praised for his defense of Suiyuan from the Japanese.
During the final stages of the Chinese Civil War, Fu surrendered the large and strategic garrison around Beiping to Communist forces.
He later served in the government of the People's Republic of China as Minister of the Hydraulic Ministry.
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