Liu Qibao
| Liu Qibao | |
|---|---|
| 刘奇葆 | |
| Head of the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China | |
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Assumed office 21 November 2012 |
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| Deputy |
Luo Shugang (2012–2014) Huang Kunming (2014–) |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Liu Yunshan |
| Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan | |
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In office December 2007 – November 2012 |
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| Deputy |
Jiang Jufeng (Governor) Li Chongxi (zhuanzhi) |
| Preceded by | Du Qinglin |
| Succeeded by | Wang Dongming |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1953 (age 63–64) Susong, Anhui, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Anhui Normal University |
Liu Qibao (Chinese: 刘奇葆; pinyin: Liú Qíbǎo; born January 1953) is a Chinese politician. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, a Secretary of the Secretariat, as well as the head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee. Previously Liu have served as the party chief of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Sichuan province.
Liu Qibao was born in a village near the banks of the Yangtze River in Susong County, Anhui Province in 1953, the second of four children. After graduating from high school Liu worked on a farm. Liu joined the Communist Party and the Communist Youth League (CYL), and was regarded as a young cadre with a promising future. He received a recommendation to attend college at Anhui Normal University as a "Worker-Peasant-Soldier student". After graduating in 1974, he was sent to work for the provincial Communist Party organization in Hefei in propaganda and ideology research. He eventually became secretary to Wan Li, then provincial Party Secretary of Anhui.
In 1980, Wan Li was transferred to work for the central authorities in Beijing. Liu was sent to work for the CYL Anhui Provincial Committee, where he gained rapid career advancement. He led propaganda and ideology work at the CYL, eventually rising to lead the provincial CYL organization. In February 1984, he became mayor of Suzhou, Anhui, a city with jurisdiction over some four million people, at only 31 years old. In November 1985, he was transferred to the CYL national organization, where he worked alongside future leaders Liu Yandong, Li Keqiang, and Li Yuanchao. Since then he has been identified by some observers as part of the "tuanpai", or "Youth League faction".
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