Zhou Qiang
| Zhou Qiang | |
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| 周强 | |
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| President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court | |
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Assumed office 15 March 2013 |
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| Deputy | Shen Deyong |
| Preceded by | Wang Shengjun |
| Communist Party Secretary of Hunan | |
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In office 25 April 2010 – 20 March 2013 |
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| Deputy | Xu Shousheng (governor) |
| Preceded by | Zhang Chunxian |
| Succeeded by | Xu Shousheng |
| First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China | |
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In office June 1998 – November 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Li Keqiang |
| Succeeded by | Hu Chunhua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1960 (age 56) Huangmei County, Hubei |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
Zhou Qiang (Chinese: 周强; pinyin: Zhōu Qiáng; born April 1960) is the Chief Justice and President of the Supreme People's Court of China. Previously, he served as the secretary of the Communist Party of China Hunan committee, first-in-charge of the central Chinese province. He served as the province's governor between 2007 and 2010. Zhou also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China between 1998 and 2006.
Born in Huangmei County, Hubei Province, Zhou grew up during the Cultural Revolution. In 1978, he was part of the first batch of students admitted through the National College Entrance Examinations to the Southwest University of Political Science & Law. Zhou obtained a master's degree in law in 1986. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) during his studies, in 1983.
In November 1995, he was elected secretary of the central secretariat of the Chinese Communist Youth League (CYL) at the 4th plenary session of the 13th CYL central committee. In June 1998, he was elevated to first secretary of the CYL central secretariat, and was re-elected in July 2003.
In February 2007, Zhou was appointed governor of Hunan, after a five-month period that saw him made a standing committee member and vice secretary of the CPC Hunan committee (September 3), and then acting governor of Hunan (September 30), appointed by the standing committee of the 10th Hunan People's Congress; he resigned as first secretary of the central secretariat of the CYL in December.
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