Zhu Houze | |
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| 朱厚泽 | |
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| Head of Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office August 1985 – February 1987 | |
| General Secretary | Hu Yaobang |
| Preceded by | Deng Liqun |
| Succeeded by | Wang Renzhi |
| Party Secretary of Guizhou | |
| In office April – August 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Chi Biqing |
| Succeeded by | Hu Jintao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1931 Zhijin County, Guizhou, China |
| Died | 9 May 2010 (aged 79) Beijing |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Guiyang Normal College |
Zhu Houze (Chinese: 朱厚泽; January 1931 – 9 May 2010) was a Chinese politician most active in the 1980s, best known for his term as head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. As head of the department he presided over a period of liberalism in the Chinese press.