- Premier
- Zhou Enlai
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Lin Biao
- Born
- 彭清宗 ( Péng Qīngzōng ) , ( 1898-10-24 ) October 24, 1898, Shixiang, Xiangtan County , Hunan, China
- Died
- November 29, 1974 (1974-11-29) (aged 76), Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party (1928–1959)
- Alma mater
- Hunan Military Academy [ zh ]
- Occupation
- General politician author
- Nicknames
- 彭老总 ( Péng Lǎozǒng , "Old Chief Peng") 红军之狮 ( Hóng jūn zhī shī , "The Lion of the Red Army") 彭大将军 (" Grand General Peng", addressed by Mao Zedong in his famous poem)
- Allegiance
- Republic of China , People's Republic of China
- Branch service
- People's Liberation Army Ground Force People's Volunteer Army Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army National Revolutionary Army Hunan clique
- Years of service
- 1916–1959
- Rank
- Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant General (NRA)
- Commands
- Commander, Third Corps, Chinese Red Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Eighth Route Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief, People's Liberation Army Commander and Political Commissar , People's Volunteer Army
- Battles wars
- Northern Expedition Chinese Civil War Encirclement campaigns Long March Second Sino-Japanese War Hundred Regiments Offensive Korean War Battle of Unsan Battle of Onjong Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River Third Battle of Seoul
- Awards
- Hero of the Republic (North Korea, 1953) Order of August 1 (First Class Medal) (China, 1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class Medal) (China, 1955) Order of Liberation (First Class Medal) (China, 1955)
- Simplified chinese
- 彭德怀
- Traditional chinese
- 彭德懷