Li Xiannian
| Li Xiannian | |
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| 李先念 | |
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| 3rd President of the People's Republic of China | |
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In office 18 June 1983 – 8 April 1988 |
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| Premier |
Zhao Ziyang Li Peng |
| Vice President | Ulanhu |
| Leader | Deng Xiaoping |
| Preceded by |
Liu Shaoqi (as President in 1968) Ye Jianying (as NPC Chairman) |
| Succeeded by | Yang Shangkun |
| Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC | |
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In office April 1988 – March 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Deng Yingchao |
| Succeeded by | Li Ruihuan |
| Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China | |
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In office July 1977 – September 1982 |
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| Chairman |
Hua Guofeng Hu Yaobang |
| Member of the National People's Congress |
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In office 15 September 1954 – 25 March 1988 |
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| Constituency | Hubei At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 June 1909 Hong'an, Hubei, Qing China |
| Died | 21 June 1992 (aged 82) Beijing, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) | Shang Xiaoping (尚小平) (div) Lin Jiamei |
| Children | Li Jin Li Ziyang Li Ping Li Xiaolin |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Xiānniàn |
| Wade–Giles | Li Hsien-nien |
Li Xiannian (pronounced [lì ɕi̯ɛ́nni̯ɛ̂n]; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was President of the People's Republic of China between 1983 and 1988 and then Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference until his death. Li was an influential political figure throughout the PRC, having been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1956. He rose to prominence in the Communist Party of China in 1976, when Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Communist Party of China. At the height of his career in the 1980s, Li was considered one of the most influential architects of China's economic policy after the Cultural Revolution, and is considered one of the Eight Elders of the Communist Party of China.
Li joined the Communist Party of China in 1927, and served as an army captain and political commissar for the Chinese Red Army during the Long March.
After the Communists' victory in China, Li was appointed Party Secretary of Hubei Province in China from 1949–1954, and he served as the commander and political commissar of the Hubei Province's military garrison. In 1950, Li was elected the first Chairman of the Hubei People's Government. While he was working in Hubei, Li was appointed Party Secretary of Wuhan and Vice-Chairman of the PRC's Military Commission for South-Central China.
In 1954, Li was appointed China's Minister of Finance. Li was also appointed Vice Premier for the entire period of 1954–1980. Despite losing his job as Finance Minister during the Cultural Revolution, he nonetheless enjoyed Zhou Enlai's protection and was the only civilian official to serve with the premier throughout that entire tumultuous period. In 1976, Li played an instrumental role in destroying the Gang Of Four. After the demise of the Gang, Li was appointed Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Central Military Commission.
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