Dong Biwu
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Dong Biwu | |
Chairman of the People's Republic of China (acting) | |
In office 31 October 1968 β 17 January 1975 | |
Premier | Zhou Enlai |
Preceded by | Liu Shaoqi |
Succeeded by |
Post abolished (Li Xiannian in 1983) |
Deputy Chairman of the People's Republic of China | |
In office 27 April 1959 β 17 January 1975 | |
President |
Liu Shaoqi Soong Ching-ling |
Preceded by | Zhu De |
Succeeded by | Ulanhu |
Secretary of the Central Control Commission | |
In office March 1955 β April 1968 | |
Preceded by | Zhu De |
Succeeded by | Chen Yun |
President of the Supreme People's Court | |
In office 1954β1959 | |
Preceded by | Shen Junru |
Succeeded by | Xie Juezai |
Personal details | |
Born |
Huanggang, Hubei, Qing Dynasty | 5 March 1886
Died |
2 April 1975 89) Beijing, People's Republic of China | (aged
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Dong Biwu (5 March 1886 β 2 April 1975) was a Chinese communist political leader during the regime of Mao Zedong.
Life and politics
Dong Biwu was born in Huanggang, Hubei. In 1911 he joined the Tongmenghui, and participated in the Xinhai Revolution. Twice he went to Japan to study at Nihon University. In 1921 he attended the 1st Congress of the Communist Party of China as a representative of Wuhan. Mao Zedong and Dong Biwu were the only two men to attend both the 1st Congress and the establishment of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen in 1949.
He was Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1959 until 1975, jointly with Soong Ching-ling, and after 1968 he was - until 1972 jointly with Soong Ching-ling - Acting President of the People's Republic of China. In 1975, the office of president was abolished and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress - then Zhu De - became formal head of state. Dong was elected Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of People's National Congress.
Dong was a member of Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1945 to 1975. He was elected one of nine members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo at 10th Congress of the Communist Party in 1973.
He died a year before Mao and several other important politicians like Zhou Enlai and Zhu De.
In 1991, a statue of Dong Biwu was erected in one of Wuhan's central squares, Hongshan Guangchang. Hubei Provincial museum houses a collection of Dong's personal items.
External links
- (Chinese) Biography of Dong Biwu
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Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Li Weihan |
President of the CPC Central Party School 1935β1937 |
Succeeded by Li Weihan |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by Shen Junru |
President of the Supreme People's Court 1954β1959 |
Succeeded by Xie Juezai |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Zhu De |
Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China 1959β1975 Served alongside: Soong Ching-ling |
Succeeded by Ulanhu Abolished until 1983 |
Preceded by Liu Shaoqi |
Chairman of the People's Republic of China Acting 1968β1975 Served alongside: Soong Ching-ling |
Succeeded by Li Xiannian Abolished until 1983 |
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