Wei Heng

Wei Heng
卫恒
Wei, c. 1960
Communist Party First Secretary of Shanxi
In office
1965–1967
Preceded byTao Lujia
Succeeded byLiu Geping
Governor of Shanxi
In office
1958–1965
Preceded byWang Shiying
Succeeded byWang Qian
Personal details
Born1915
Lingchuan, Shanxi, China
Died29 January 1967 (aged 51)
Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Wei Heng (Chinese: 卫恒; 1915 – 29 January 1967), also known as Wei Laiyu (魏来玉), was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician from Shanxi province. He was the Communist Party First Secretary and top leader of Shanxi province until he was overthrown by the rebel Red Guards at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. He was tortured and committed suicide in January 1967.