Zeng Qinghong | |||||||||
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| 曾庆红 | |||||||||
 Zeng in 2000 | |||||||||
| First-ranked Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office 15 November 2002 – 22 October 2007 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| Vice President of China | |||||||||
| In office 15 March 2003 – 15 March 2008 | |||||||||
| President | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office December 2002 – December 2007 | |||||||||
| Deputy | Yu Yunyao Su Rong | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office March 1999 – November 2002 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Jiang Zemin | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Quanjing | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | He Guoqiang | ||||||||
| Head of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office March 1993 – March 1999 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Jiang Zemin | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wen Jiabao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Gang | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1939 Ji'an, Jiangxi, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1960–2008) | ||||||||
| Spouse | Wang Fengqing | ||||||||
| Children | Zeng Wei | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Institute of Technology | ||||||||
| Occupation | Control engineer | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曾庆红 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 曾慶紅 | ||||||||
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Zeng Qinghong (Chinese: 曾庆红; pinyin: Zēng Qìnghóng; Wade–Giles: Tseng1 Ch'ing4-hung2, born 30 July 1939) is a retired Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, China's highest leadership council, and First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee between 2002 and 2007. He also served as the Vice President of China from 2003 to 2008. During the 1990s, Zeng was a close ally of then-Party general secretary Jiang Zemin, and was instrumental in consolidating Jiang's power. For years, Zeng was the primary force behind the party's organization and personnel.