Peng Zhen
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Peng.
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| In office 1983 – 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Ye Jianying |
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| Succeeded by | Wan Li |
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| Born | October 12, 1902 |
| Died | April 26, 1997 (aged 94) Beijing |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
Peng Zhen (Chinese: 彭真; pinyin: Péng Zhēn; Wade-Giles: P'eng Chen) (October 12, 1902–April 26, 1997) was a leading member of the Communist Party of China.
[edit] Biography
He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1923 as a founding member of the Shanxi Province CP. Arrested in 1929, he continued underground political activities while imprisoned. He was released from prison in 1935 and began organizing a resistance movement against the invading Japanese forces. Around the same time, he was appointed the Organization Department Director of the North Bureau of CPC. He is credited with substantial efforts towards the 1948 capture of Beijing by Communist forces in the Chinese Civil War.
Peng was a member of multiple Central Committees and the Secretariat of the Central Committee. He also held the positions of First Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee, and Mayor of Beijing (1951).
Peng fell out of favor with Mao Zedong in the April of 1966 when he attacked Mao's belief that all literature should support the state, but survived to be rehabilitated under Deng Xiaoping. He subsequently became Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission CPC Central Committee (1980). As Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress (1983), he sought to increase the NPC's power. Peng retired from his leading political positions in 1988.
He is considered one of the Eight Immortals of Communist Party of China.
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| Preceded by Nie Rongzhen |
Mayor of Beijing 1951 – 1966 |
Succeeded by Wu De |
| Preceded by Ye Jianying |
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 1983–1988 |
Succeeded by Wan Li |
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Secretary of the CPC Beijing Committee 1948 – 1966 |
Succeeded by Li Xuefeng |
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Head of CPC Central Organization Department 1949 – 1953 |
Succeeded by Rao Shushi |
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Secretary of CPC Central Political and Legislative Committee 1980 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Chen Pixian |
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