Chang Ling-Yun
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Chang Ling-Yun | |
|---|---|
章凌云 | |
| Secretary of the North Malayan Bureau of the Malayan Communist Party | |
| In office 11 January 1964 – 31 May 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Shan Ru Hong |
| Succeeded by | None ("party dissolved") |
| Member of the Politburo of the Malayan Communist Party | |
| In office June 1947 – 31 May 1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1921 Teriang, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya |
| Died | 31 May 1989 (aged 68) Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China |
| Political party | Communist Party of Malaya |
| Alma mater | Pay Fong High School |
Chang Ling-Yun (Chinese: 章凌云; 9 March 1921 – 31 May 1989) was a prominent member of the Malayan Communist Party. He lead the North Malayan Bureau of the Malayan Communist Party from 1964 to 1989.
Biography
[edit]Chang Ling-Yun was born on 9 March 1921 in Teriang, Pahang, British Malaya. In 1936, he went to Pay Fong High School to further his studies and at the same time, he joined two underground organisations that were formed by the Malayan Communist Party. He became a member of the Malayan Communist Party on 12 March 1938 and he was sent to Pahang to conduct CPM activities.
In January 1941, he was elected by the CPM as Secretary of West Pahang Special Region Committee of the CPM. In the same year on 16 September, he was arrested by colonial authorities and was released on 31 December after the Japanese invasion of Malaya. In 1 September, he was representative in the Batu Caves meeting and due to the betrayal of Secretary General Lai Teck, the Japanese ambushed the Batu Caves many members were killed. He was one of the survivors who survived in the ambush. In 1943, he helped to formed the 6th Regiment of the Malayan People's Anti Japanese Army.
After the war, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party and in June 1947, he was elected as a member of the Politburo of the Malayan Communist Party in the 9th Meeting of the Malayan Communist Party.
After the Malayan Emergency broke out, Chang Ling-Yun became political commissar of the Malayan National Liberation Army in June 1949 until early 1951. In August 1952, he was sent to China to conduct diplomatic mission and managed to built relations with the Chinese Communist Party and other Communist Parties in the world. In 1964, he came back to the Malaysian Thai border and lead the North Malayan Bureau until 1989.
In early 1989, he was chosen to lead the representatives of the Malayan Communist Party to negotiate peace with the Malaysian and Thai governments which paved way for the signing of the Hatyai Peace Agreement in December 1989. Due to illness, he was later replaced by Wu Yi-Shek, another CPM politburo member to lead the CPM representatives in the peace negotiations. He died on 31 May 1989 in China due to cancer.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "我党我军杰出的领导人张凌云同志". www.of21.com. Retrieved 14 July 2025.