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LI XIANNIAN
President of the People's Republic of China. Member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee.
1909
1930s
1934-37
1938-45
1944
1945-
1948
1949
1949-1954
Born in Huang'an County, Hubei province.
Served in Eyuwan Soviet Area.
An army political commissar in forces led by Zhang Guotao and Xu Xiangqien on Long March.
Guerrilla leader operating in Central China.
Commander of the Central China Military Region.
Member of the CCP Central Committee.
Deputy Commander, 2nd Field Army (under Liu Bocheng).
Deputy Commander, 4th Field Army (under Lin Biao).
Governor of Hubei.
First Secretary of Hubei provincial CCP Committee.
Vice-Premier.
Minister of Finance.
1949-54
1954-80
1954-67
1956-
Member of the CCP Politburo.
1958-67
1962-72
1977-82
Member of the Secretariat of the CCP Central Committee
Vice-Minister of the State Planning Commission.
Vice-Chairman of the CCP Central Committee.
1977-
Member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee.
1979-81
1983-
Vice-Chairman of the State Council's Financial and Economic Commission.
President of the People's Republic of China.
For many years, and especially after the administrative chaos of the Cultural Revolution, Li was one of the key economic officials in China. He worked closely with the late Premier Zhou Enlai, and was associated with his pragmatic line on economic
/development.
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