Li Keqiang

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Li Keqiang (李克强, Born July 1955) is currently the Communist Party of China Liaoning Province committee secretary in the People's Republic of China, an office that makes him first-in-charge in that province. He was earlier speculated as a possible successor to Hu Jintao in the "fifth generation" of CPC leadership.

Li has degrees in law and economics (PhD) from the Peking University, and became China's youngest governor when appointed to be in charge of Henan Province in 1999 at the age of 43. He is known to be outspoken with a sharp tongue.^{[citation needed]}