In 1981, Hua Guofeng resigned from his leadership position and Deng Xiaoping took over as chairman of the Central Military Commission. After that, there were 3 marshals as vice-chairmen and an executive vice chairman, who did not have a military rank, but his status was above those of 3 marshals, and later became a full-fledged state.
Let's start with the 3 marshals who serve as vice-chairmen.
The first was Ye Jianying, who was the last-ranked marshal, but his achievements were very great, he not only served as defense minister, but also presided over the daily work of the Central Military Commission after Lin Biao, and at that time he also served as chairman of the National People's Congress and a leader at the level of the state.
When the country was in danger, Ye Jianying stepped forward to turn the tide and smash the "Gang of Four" to save the republic. Lü Duan was not confused about major matters, Zhuge was only cautious in his life, and Chairman Mao's evaluation of Ye Jianying was very high and very accurate.
In 1986, Ye Jianying died at the age of 89. Of the three vice-presidents, he was the first to die.
The second was Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front, ranking eighth among the ten marshals. In the 1970s and 1980s, many commanders of major military regions, such as Chen Xilian, Xu Shiyou, Han Xianchu, Li Desheng, You Taizhong, and so on, were Xu Xiangqian's old subordinates.
Xu Xiangqian's prestige was very high, and he served as both chief of the general staff and defense minister. Xu Xiangqian was also An old partner of Deng Xiaoping, and in the 129th Division, Deng Xiaoping was the political commissar and Xu Xiangqian was the deputy division commander, and they fought side by side.
In 1990, Xu Xiangqian died at the age of 89.
The third was Nie Rongzhen, the political commissar of the First Red Army and the commander of the North China Military Region. Nie Rongzhen and Deng Xiaoping were both from Sichuan, and they both went to Europe for work-study in their early years and forged a deep revolutionary friendship in a foreign country.
(Nie Rongzhen Yang Dezhi, etc.)
Nie Rongzhen is the ninth-ranked marshal, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as acting chief of the general staff and vice premier of the State Council, and made great contributions to the cause of national defense science and technology in the republic, especially the cause of two bombs and one satellite. He is a very respected old chief of the living veterans Yang Dezhi, Yang Chengwu and others.
In 1992, Nie Rongzhen died at the age of 93, he was the last of the three vice-chairmen to die, and the last marshal to die.
Careful readers and friends may have found that in addition to the above 3 marshals, there was also 1 marshal alive at that time, and he was Liu Bocheng. Liu Bocheng was already 90 years old at the time, and his health was very bad, so he resigned from the leadership position he held one after another, and he did not enter the Central Military Commission.
Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, and Ye Jianying were all marshals, but they all became Deng Xiaoping's deputies. In fact, Deng Xiaoping's status has always been higher than that of all three of them. In 1954, Chairman Mao became chairman of the Central Military Commission, and of the 11 members of the Central Military Commission, 10 were appointed marshals the following year, and one was Deng Xiaoping.
Deng Xiaoping's ranking was before Luo Ronghuan, while Xu Qianqian Nie Rongzhen and Ye Jianying were all behind Luo Ronghuan. Deng Xiaoping would have also commented on marshals, but if he himself had not taken the initiative to resign, the ranking of marshals would have been higher than that of Xu Xiangqian and others.
Between Deng Xiaoping and the three vice chairmen, there is also an executive vice chairman, whose status is obviously higher than Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian and Nie Rongzhen, who does not have a military rank and does not voluntarily resign like Deng Xiaoping.
(Deng Xiaoping and Yang Shangkun, etc.)
He is Yang Shangkun. Like Deng Xiaoping Nie Rongzhen, Yang Shangkun also went to the Soviet Union to study, and during the Red Army period, his status was tied with Nie Rongzhen, Nie Rongzhen was the political commissar of the Red First Army, Lin Biao's partner, Yang Shangkun was the political commissar of the Red Third Army, Peng Dehuai's partner.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yang Shangkun served as secretary general of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Office of the Central Committee, and even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he stayed with Chairman Mao for a long time to work, was in the center, participated in the secret, and was also the founding father of the older generation.
Together with Yang Shangkun, there are a total of 4 vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission, of which Yang Shangkun is also the secretary general, he is the youngest of the 4 people, young and strong, so he undertakes a lot of daily specific affairs. In 1988, Yang Shangkun served as the president of the country, at the national level.
In 1998, Yang Shangkun died at the age of 92.
Deng Xiaoping died in 1997 at the age of 93. He and the four vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission were all veteran revolutionaries with outstanding merits who fought for the cause of the republic all their lives. They all have a very high life expectancy, with an average life expectancy of more than 91 years, which is really a blessing for the country and the auspiciousness of the country.