serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date term_end death_place term_start spouse rank image name native_name_lang predecessor birth_place party office successor native_name article_title
1929 − 82 people 's liberation army 11 may 1989 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- china august 1910 1967 beijing 1966 xin ping 48px lieutenant general xiao wangdong.jpg xiao wangdong zh-cn lu dingyi ji'an county , jiangxi , china communist party of china minister of culture of china '' post abolished '' 肖望东 xiao wangdong

xiao wangdong

xiao wangdong -lrb- ; august 1910 -- 11 may 1989 -rrb- was a chinese communist revolutionary and a lieutenant general of the people 's liberation army -lrb- pla -rrb- .
he briefly served as acting minister of culture of china at the beginning of the cultural revolution , before being persecuted and imprisoned for nine years .
