15th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The 15th Politburo Standing Committee, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee in 1997, in the aftermath of the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 14th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 16th in 2002.

Composition

Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Rank		Hanzi	14th PSC	16th PSC	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	Academic attainment	No. of offices	Ref.
1	Jiang Zemin	江泽民	Old	Not	1926	1946	2022	Jiangsu	Undergraduate Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering	Five Party offices General Secretary, Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs of the Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Work of the Central Committee Military office Chairman, Central Military Commission State office President of the People's Republic of China	^[2]
2	Li Peng	李鹏	Old	Not	1928	1945	2019	Shanghai	Graduate Master's degree in hydroelectric engineering	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[3]
3	Zhu Rongji	朱镕基	Old	Not	1928	1949	Alive	Changsha	Undergraduate Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering	One State office Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China	^[4]
4	Li Ruihuan	李瑞环	Old	Not	1934	1959	Alive	Tianjin	Undergraduate Bachelor's degree in construction engineering	One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[5]
5	Hu Jintao	胡锦涛	Old	Reelected	1942	1964	Alive	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in hydraulic engineering	Four Party offices First-ranked Secretary, Central Committee Secretariat President, Party School of the Central Committee Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State office Vice President of the People's Republic of China	^[6]
6	Wei Jianxing	尉健行	New	Not	1931	1949	2015	Zhejiang	Undergraduate Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering Bachelor's degree in architecture	One Party office Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection	^[7]
7	Li Lanqing	李岚清	New	Not	1932	1952	Alive	Jiangsu	Undergraduate Bachelor's degree in enterprise management	One State office First-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[8]

References

^ "The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)". China Today. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ Buckley, Chris; Wines, Michael (30 November 2022). "Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ Ricking, Christoph. "Ex-Chinese Premier Li Peng dies at 90". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ Jung-chi, Chu. "Zhu Rongji". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "Profile: Li Ruihuan". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "Profile: Hu Jintao". BBC News. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "前中共紀委書記尉健行逝世" [Wei Jianxing, former secretary of the CCP's Discipline Inspection Commission, passed away] (in Chinese). BBC News. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "Li Lanqing". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

External links

(in Chinese) 18th CCP Central Committee

[1] "The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)". China Today. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[2] Buckley, Chris; Wines, Michael (30 November 2022). "Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[3] Ricking, Christoph. "Ex-Chinese Premier Li Peng dies at 90". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[4] Jung-chi, Chu. "Zhu Rongji". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[5] "Profile: Li Ruihuan". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[6] "Profile: Hu Jintao". BBC News. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[7] "前中共紀委書記尉健行逝世" [Wei Jianxing, former secretary of the CCP's Discipline Inspection Commission, passed away] (in Chinese). BBC News. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[8] "Li Lanqing". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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v t e 15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1997–2002)
Standing Committee	Jiang Zemin (General Secretary) Li Peng Zhu Rongji Li Ruihuan Hu Jintao Wei Jianxing Li Lanqing
Other members in surname stroke order	Ding Guangen Tian Jiyun Li Changchun Li Tieying Wu Bangguo Wu Guanzheng Chi Haotian Zhang Wannian Luo Gan Jiang Chunyun Jia Qinglin Qian Qichen Huang Ju Wen Jiabao Xie Fei (died 1999)
Alternate members	Zeng Qinghong Wu Yi
7th→8th→9th→10th→11th→12th→13th→14th→15th→16th→17th→18th→19th→20th

15th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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