Zeng Qinghong

Zeng Qinghong
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 SecretaryHu Jintao
Preceded byHu Jintao
Succeeded byXi Jinping
Vice President of China
In office
15 March 2003 – 15 March 2008
PresidentHu Jintao
Preceded byHu Jintao
Succeeded byXi Jinping
President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
December 2002 – December 2007
DeputyYu Yunyao
Su Rong
Preceded byHu Jintao
Succeeded byXi Jinping
Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
March 1999 – November 2002
General SecretaryJiang Zemin
Preceded byZhang Quanjing
Succeeded byHe Guoqiang
Head of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
March 1993 – March 1999
General SecretaryJiang Zemin
Preceded byWen Jiabao
Succeeded byWang Gang
Personal details
Born (1939-07-30) 30 July 1939 (age 85)
Ji'an, Jiangxi, Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1960–2008)
SpouseWang Fengqing
ChildrenZeng Wei
Alma materBeijing Institute of Technology
OccupationControl engineer
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese曾庆红
Traditional Chinese曾慶紅
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZēng Qìnghóng
Wade–GilesTseng1 Ch'ing4-hung2

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.