Peng Zhen

Peng Zhen
彭真
Peng in 1945
4th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
June 17, 1983 – April 8, 1988
Preceded byYe Jianying
Succeeded byWan Li
1st Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office
March 1980 – May 1983
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byChen Pixian
First Secretary of the Beijing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
December 13, 1948 – May 1966
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byLi Xuefeng
Personal details
Born(1902-10-12)October 12, 1902
Houma, Shanxi, China
DiedApril 26, 1997(1997-04-26) (aged 94)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1923–1997)
SpouseZhang Jieqing
Peng Zhen
Chinese彭真
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPéng Zhēn
Wade–GilesP'eng Chen

Peng Zhen (pronounced [pʰə̌ŋ ʈʂə́n]; October 12, 1902 – April 26, 1997) was a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party. He led the party organization in Beijing following the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, but was purged during the Cultural Revolution for opposing Mao's views on the role of literature in relation to the state. He was rehabilitated under Deng Xiaoping in 1982 along with other 'wrongly accused' officials, and became the inaugural head of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.