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ULANHU

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Member of the Politburo. Vice-President of the People's

Republic of China.

1. Ulanhu was born in 1906 in an area which is now part

of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He is

Mongolian. Little is known of his early life. He joined

the Chinese Communist Party in 1925 and studied in the

Soviet Union between 1925 and 1930. On his return to

China he was active as a communist agitator and guerilla

leader against the Japanese. When the Inner Mongolia

Autonomous Region was first formed in 1947, Ulanhu became

its Head and was the senior figure in the region from

then until 1966 when he was disgraced in the Cultural

Revolution. For much of this time he also held Central

Party responsibilities in charge of policy towards

Chinese ethnic minorities.

2. He was rehabilitated in 1973. Between 1977 and 1985

He was

he was a full member of the Party's Politburo.

appointed Vice-President of The People's Republic of

China in 1983. His present duties are largely concerned

with the exercise of protocol functions.

FC6AAM

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