serviceyears branch death_date allegiance nationality term birth_date commands death_place rank image name caption predecessor birth_place party office successor native_name article_title
1932 − 82 people 's liberation army 18 april 1999 china chinese -lrb- born filipino -rrb- january 1979 october 1954 -- june 1958 october 1954 -- january 1980 1959 -- august 1982 january 1975 -- february 7 may 1914 fuzhou military region people 's liberation army navy beijing , china 48px general ye fei.jpg ye fei ye fei in 1955 xiao jinguang sun daguang zhang dingcheng zhang dingcheng tiaong , quezon , the philippines communist party of china commander party chief of fujian province governor of fujian province of the chinese navy minister of transport communist liu huaqing zeng sheng jiang yizhen jiang yizhen 葉飛 叶飞 ye fei

ye fei

ye fei -lrb- ; 7 may 1914 -- 18 april 1999 -rrb- was a filipino-chinese military general and politician of the people 's republic of china .
born sixto mercado tiongco in the philippines to a chinese father and a filipina mother , he joined the chinese communist party at a young age and fought many battles as a senior commander of the people 's liberation army in the chinese civil war .
at age 40 , he was among the first pla commanders to be awarded the rank of general by the newly established people 's republic of china and later served as commander-in-chief of the chinese navy .
he also served in a number of civilian posts including governor and communist party chief of fujian province , and minister of transport .
