Qiao Shi | |
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乔石 | |
6th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office 27 March 1993 – 16 March 1998 | |
Preceded by | Wan Li |
Succeeded by | Li Peng |
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
In office November 1, 1987 – October 18, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Chen Yun (first secretary) |
Succeeded by | Wei Jianxing |
Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office June 1983 – April 1984 | |
General Secretary | Hu Yaobang |
Preceded by | Hu Qili |
Succeeded by | Wang Zhaoguo |
Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission | |
In office 1985–1992 | |
Preceded by | Chen Pixian |
Succeeded by | Ren Jianxin |
Personal details | |
Born | Shanghai, Republic of China | 24 December 1924
Died | 14 June 2015 Beijing, China | (aged 90)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1940–1998) |
Spouse |
Yu Wen
(m. 1952; died 2013) |
Children | 2 sons and 2 daughters |
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Traditional Chinese | 喬石 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 乔石 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Qiao Shi (24 December 1924 – 14 June 2015) was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, from 1987 to 1997. He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China, but lost out to his political rival Jiang Zemin, who assumed the post of General Secretary of the party in 1989. Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the National People's Congress, then the third-ranked political position, from 1993 until his retirement in 1998.[1] Compared with his peers, including Jiang Zemin, Qiao Shi adopted a more liberal stance in political and economic policy, promoting the rule of law and market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises.[2]