Tan Pingshan

Tan Pingshan
谭平山
Member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
12 June 1923  August 1930
Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of China
In office
1949–1937
Personal details
Born(1886-09-28)28 September 1886
Gaoming, Guangdong, Qing dynasty
Died2 April 1956(1956-04-02) (aged 69)
Beijing, China
Political partyTongmenghui (1907-1912)
Chinese Communist Party (Expelled between 1930-1949)
Kuomintang (1924-1949)
SpouseSun Sunquan
Alma materPeking University
OccupationPolitician

Tan Pingshan (Chinese: 譚平山; pinyin: Tán Píngshān; Wade–Giles: T'an2 P'ing2-shan1; 28 September 1886 – 2 April 1956) was a Chinese revolutionary socialist and an early member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from Gaoming, Guangdong. He was influential in the Tongmenghui and formed the Guangdong branch of the CCP with the help of Chen Duxiu. He later took part in the formation of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.