Liang Huazhi
Liang Huazhi | |
|---|---|
| 梁化之 | |
| Governor of Shanxi Provincial Government | |
| In office March 29, 1949 – April 24, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Yan Xishan |
| Succeeded by | Government dissolved |
| Director of the Political Department of the Second War Zone | |
| In office 1937–1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1906 |
| Died | 24 April 1949 (aged 42) |
| Party | Kuomintang |
| Nickname | Liang Dunhou |
Liang Huazhi (Chinese: 梁化之 (Courtesy Name), 梁敦厚 (Given Name); pinyin: Liáng Huàzhī; Wade–Giles: Liang Hua-chih; 1 November 1906, Dingxiang, Shanxi – April 24, 1949, Taiyuan, Shanxi) was a Kuomintang official who served in the warlord Yan Xishan's government, as the Acting Governor of Shanxi during Chinese Civil War.
A relative of Yan, Liang rose rapidly through Shanxi's power structure, founding and leading a number of organizations dedicated to combating both internal and external threats to Yan's rule. At first radically socialist and later radically anti-communist, Liang's life illustrates the rapid and dramatic career changes that were not uncommon in the chaotic age in which he lived. Liang is best known for the way that he died, committing suicide in a spectacular fashion as a final act of defiance against Shanxi's Communist invaders.