Ma Wenrui

Ma Wenrui
马文瑞
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
26 May 1984 – 27 March 1993
ChairpersonDeng Yingchao
Li Xiannian
Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi
In office
December 1978 – May 1984
Preceded byWang Renzhong
Succeeded byBai Jinian
Minister of Labour
In office
1954–1966
PremierZhou Enlai
Preceded byLi Lisan
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
BornNovember 4, 1912
Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China
DiedJanuary 3, 2004(2004-01-03) (aged 91)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCounter-Japanese Military and Political University

Ma Wenrui (Chinese: 马文瑞; Wade–Giles: Ma Wen-jui; November 4, 1912 – January 3, 2004) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He served successively as China's Minister of Labour, First Party Secretary (top leader) of his native Shaanxi Province, and a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He was implicated in the Liu Zhidan incident in the 1960s, and was persecuted and imprisoned for five years during the Cultural Revolution.