Luo Ronghuan (; November 26, 1902 – December 16, 1963) was a Chinese communist military leader. He served as a Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Biography Luo was born in a village in Hengshan County, Hunan Province. In 1919, at the age of 17, he enrolled in Xiejun Middle School in Changsha. Five years later, he began attending Shandong University (then Qingdao Private College), completing a preparatory course in Industry in Commerce in 1926. He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in April 1927 and the Chinese Communist Party later that year. He was the only one of the later ten Marshals to have followed Mao in the Autumn Harvest Uprising. During the Long March he served as the security chief for the Chinese Red Army. After World War II, Luo served as the political commissar of Lin Biao in Northeast China during the Chinese civil war. After the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 he became Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army. He was made a marshal in 1955. Luo was the member of the 7th CPC Central Committee and 8th CPC Politburo. When Luo died in 1963, both Mao and Lin Biao attended his funeral; his funeral was one of the only two funerals Marshal Lin Biao attended, the other being the funeral of his former chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the PLA air force General Liu Yalou. References External links Biography of Luo Ronghuan, Xinhuanet See also List of generals of the People's Republic of China 1902 births 1963 deaths Chinese military personnel of World War II Marshals of the People's Republic of China People from Hengshan County Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Politicians from Hengyang Members of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Burials at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery National Wuhan University alumni