Li Changchun | |
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李长春 | |
Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization | |
In office 15 November 2002 – 18 January 2013 | |
Deputy | Liu Yunshan Chen Zhili Liu Yandong Liu Qi |
General Secretary | Hu Jintao |
Preceded by | Ding Guangen |
Succeeded by | Liu Yunshan |
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong | |
In office March 1998 – November 2002 | |
Deputy | Lu Ruihua (governor) |
Preceded by | Xie Fei |
Succeeded by | Zhang Dejiang |
Personal details | |
Born | Kwantung Leased Territory, Japanese Empire (Now Dalian, China) | February 1, 1944
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1965–present) |
Alma mater | Harbin Institute of Technology |
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Simplified Chinese | 李长春 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李長春 | ||||||
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Li Changchun (born February 1, 1944) is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012.[1] He also served as Chairman of the CCP Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, de facto head of propaganda and media relations. Li had a widely varying political career spanning three provinces, first as Governor of Liaoning, then Party Secretary of Henan, and then CCP Committee Secretary of Guangdong, before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002. He retired in 2012.