Wu Bangguo
| Wu Bangguo | |
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| 吴邦国 | |
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| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
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In office 10th National People's Congress 11th National People's Congress |
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In office 15 March 2003 – 14 March 2013 |
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| Deputy | Wang Zhaoguo |
| Preceded by | Li Peng |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Dejiang |
| Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | |
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In office 8th National People's Congress 9th National People's Congress |
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In office March 1995 – March 2003 |
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| Premier |
Li Peng Zhu Rongji |
| Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai | |
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In office 1991–1994 |
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| Deputy | Huang Ju (Mayor) |
| Preceded by | Zhu Rongji |
| Succeeded by | Huang Ju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1941 (age 75) Feidong County, Anhui |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Spouse(s) | Zhang Ruizhen |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴邦国 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳邦國 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Bāngguó |
Wu Bangguo (born July 1941) is a retired high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China. He was the Chairman and Party secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2013, a position that made him China's chief legislator. He ranked second in official rankings of state and party leaders of China.
A native of Anhui, Wu is an electrical engineer by profession, and rose to national fame through regional work as the party chief of Shanghai and as Vice-Premier.
Wu was born in Feidong County, Anhui. He entered Tsinghua University in 1960, majoring in electron tube engineering at the Department of Radio Electronics, where he graduated in 1967. He subsequently was employed as a worker and technician at Shanghai's No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory, and then deputy chief and chief of the technical section from 1976 to 1978. He would eventually go on to lead the factory as its party secretary. In 1978 he was assigned to become the deputy manager of Shanghai Electronic Elements Company, and between 1979 and 1981 the deputy manager of Shanghai Electron Tube Company. Between 1981 and 1983 he worked as the deputy secretary of Shanghai Meters, Instruments and Telecommunications Bureau.
Wu's work in electronics companies earned him a tenure in the city's upper echelons of power. He became part of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai party committee in 1983, effectively becoming part of Shanghai's political inner circle, and was put in charge of work related to science and technology. Between 1985 and 1991, Wu was elevated to Deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, and subsequently as CPC party chief of Shanghai, the city's first-in-charge.
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