Ding Shisun

Ding Shisun
丁石孙
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
16 March 1998 – 15 March 2008
ChairmanLi PengWu Bangguo
Chairman of the China Democratic League
In office
November 1996 – December 2005
Preceded byFei Xiaotong
Succeeded byJiang Shusheng
President of Peking University
In office
March 1984 – August 1989
Preceded byZhang Longxiang
Succeeded byWu Shuqing
Personal details
Born(1927-09-05)September 5, 1927
Shanghai
DiedOctober 12, 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 92)
Beijing
Resting placeBabaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Political partyChina Democratic League, Chinese Communist Party
SpouseGui Linlin [zh]
Alma materUtopia University
Tsinghua University
OccupationAcademic administrator, politician
ProfessionMathematician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDīng Shísūn
Wade–GilesTing¹ Shih²-sun¹

Ding Shisun (Chinese: 丁石孙; September 5, 1927 – October 12, 2019) was a Chinese mathematician, academic administrator, and politician. He served as president of Peking University during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and was forced to resign afterwards. He later served as chairman of the China Democratic League from 1996 to 2005 and a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.