Song Ping
Song Ping | |
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宋平 | |
| Politburo Standing Committee member of the Communist Party of China | |
| In office June 1989 – September 1992 | |
| General Secretary | Jiang Zemin |
| Head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China | |
| In office June 1987 – December 1989 | |
| General Secretary | Zhao Ziyang Jiang Zemin |
| Preceded by | Wei Jianxing |
| Succeeded by | Lu Feng |
| State councillor of the State Council | |
| In office June 1983 – April 1988 | |
| Premier | Zhao Ziyang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1917[source?] Ju County, Shandong, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) | Chen Shunyao (陈舜瑶) |
| Children | Song Yichang (宋宜昌) |
| Song Ping | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 宋平 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 宋平 | ||||||
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Song Ping (Chinese: 宋平; pinyin: Sòng Píng; born 24 April 1917) is a Chinese Communist revolutionary. He is a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee. He is thought to be the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership.
Song was the political mentors to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao.[1]
In 1987, Song left the Planning Commission to replace Wei Jianxing as head of the CPC Central Organization Department.[2]
He criticized the pro-democracy demonstrations in the spring of 1989.[3]
He retired as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee on October 19, 1992.[4] He turned 100 in April 2017.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Who's Hu? Meet this engineer-Prez". IBNLive. IBNLive.com. November 20, 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ↑ Thomson, Robert (June 24, 1987). "Beijing shuffle points to growing Cabinet intrigues". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 18. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ↑ "Party to purge its ranks". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ↑ Kristof, Nicholas D. (October 20, 1992). "CHINESE SHAKE UP TOP PARTY GROUP; FREE MARKET GAINS". New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ↑ Staff (2017-04-22). "夜读：中共元老宋平百岁诞辰：资格最老、退休最久常委 : 八田与一铜像被砍 台南市长亲自写信向日本报告" (in Chinese). news.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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