Wang Chaowen
Wang Chaowen | |
|---|---|
王朝文 | |
| Chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee | |
| In office March 1993 – March 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme |
| Succeeded by | Doje Cering |
| Chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress | |
| In office January 1994 – January 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Liu Zhengwei |
| Succeeded by | Liu Fangren |
| Governor of Guizhou | |
| In office April 1983 – January 1993 | |
| Party Secretary | Chi Biqing Zhu Houze Hu Jintao Liu Zhengwei |
| Preceded by | Su Gang |
| Succeeded by | Chen Shineng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1930 (age 94) Huangping County, Guizhou, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Wang Chaowen (Chinese: 王朝文; pinyin: Wáng Cháowén; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of Miao ethnicity who served as governor of Guizhou from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998.
He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th and 9th National People's Congress.
Biography
[edit]Wang was born in Huangping County, Guizhou, in October 1930. He entered the workforce in December 1949, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1951. He was first party secretary of Shibing County in September 1956, and held that office until January 1960. He served as deputy secretary of Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in February 1960, and was promoted to the secretary position in June 1973. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was removed from office and effectively sidelined, but soon reinstated in December 1969. In September 1977, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In January 1980, he became vice governor of Guizhou, rising to governor in April 1983.[1] He also served as deputy party secretary from March 1985 to November 1993. In January 1994, he became chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, a post he kept until January 1998. In March 1998, he took office as chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Chinese Academy of Governance, ed. (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年 [Fifty Years of Government Agencies of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Party Building Books Publishing House. p. 194. ISBN 7-80098-406-0.
- ^ Han Taihua (韩泰华), ed. (1999). 新中国50年 [50 Years of New China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Red Flag Publishing House. p. 897. ISBN 7-5051-0423-3.
- ^ Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
- 1930 births
- Living people
- People from Huangping County
- Miao people
- Governors of Guizhou
- People's Republic of China politicians from Guizhou
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guizhou
- Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress
- Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress
- Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee