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3. HU YAOBANG

Member of the Politburo Standing Committee. General Secretary of the Central Committee Secretariat. Chairman of the Central Commission for Guiding Party Consolidation.

Born in Liuyang County, Hunan province.

Joined CCP.

1915

1933

1934-35

Long March.

1937-45

1945-49

1949-52

1949-52

1952-67

1954-67

1956-67

1965

1972

Head of the Organisation Department of the General Politica. Department of the Military Commission.

Political Officer in 2nd Field Army (under Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping).

Secretary of the North Sichuan Regional CCP Committee.

Chairman of the North Sichuan Regional Administrative Offic

Secretary of the New Democratic Youth League (from 1957 renamed Communist Youth League).

Member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee

Member of the CCP Central Committee.

First Secretary of Shaanxi provincial CCP Committee.

Rehabilitated and appeared in Peking as member of NPC Standing Committee until 1975

1975

Leading member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1977-

1977-79

1978-

1978-82

1978-80

1979-80

1980-

Member of the Central Committee

Director of the Organisation Department of the Central Committee

Member of the Politburo.

Third Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Committee.

Secretary-General of the Central Committee.

Director of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee.

Member of the Politburo Standing Committee

CONFIDENTIAL

1980-..