Wang Renzhong
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王任重 | |
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Died | March 16, 1992 | (aged 75)
Wang Renzhong (Chinese: 王任重; January 15, 1917 – March 16, 1992) was a Chinese political leader. He was born to a peasant family in Jing County, Hebei. In November 1933, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). From 1938, he served as the vice director of Hebei-Shandong-Henan CCP Publicity Department, director of South Hebei CPC Propaganda Department, and as a party group secretary. After 1945, he became the director of South Hebei CCP Administrative Office.[1]
After 1949, he arrived in Wuhan with the army, and was appointed a standing member of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and vice president of People's Government of Hubei Province. In 1954 he became First Secretary (Party Chief) of the Hubei Communist Party Committee, the top leader of the province. He was very active in the Great Leap Forward period, but was purged during the Cultural Revolution, and imprisoned for eight years until 1975. In 1978 he became the vice-premier of the State Council, and from 1980 to 1982 he served as the head of Propaganda Department.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "全国政协副主席王任重_中小学教育网". www.g12e.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "王任重". www.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- Vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
- 1917 births
- 1992 deaths
- People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei
- Heads of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
- Politicians from Hengshui
- Mayors of Wuhan
- Political office-holders in Hubei
- Victims of the Cultural Revolution
- Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei
- Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress
- Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference