Cheng Lianzhen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Lianzhen
程莲珍
Born1921 (1921)
Changshun, Guizhou, Republic of China
Died21 October 1998 (aged 77)
Huishui, Guizhou, People's Republic of China
OccupationsPolitician, bandit
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children1 (daughter)

Cheng Lianzhen (Chinese: 程莲珍; pinyin: Chéng Liánzhēn; 1921 – 21 October 1998) was a Chinese communist politician. A prominent female bandit leader in southwestern China during the mid-20th century, she rose to notoriety in the turbulent years following the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

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