15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 15th Central Committee of the CCP on 19 September 1997 in the aftermath of the 15th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 14th Politburo and succeeded by the 16th. Seven of the 22 members served in the 15th Politburo Standing Committee.

Officeholder		14th	16th	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	Offices held	Ref.
Chi Haotian	è¿æµ©ç°	New	Not	1929	1946	Alive	Shandong	Two Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State office Minister of Defense	^[2]
Ding Guangen	ä¸å³æ ¹	Old	Not	1929	1956	2012	Jiangsu	One Party office Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee	^[3]
Hu Jintao	è¡é¦æ¶	Old	Elected	1942	1964	Alive	Jiangsu	Four Party offices First-ranked Secretary, Central Committee Secretariat President, Central Party School of the Central Committee Military offices Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State offices Vice President of the People's Republic of China	^[4]
Huang Ju	é»è	Old	Elected	1938	1966	2007	Shanghai	Two Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Committee State office Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government	^[5]
Jia Qinglin	è´¾åºæ	New	Elected	1940	1959	Alive	Hebei	Two Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Committee State office Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government	^[6]
Jiang Chunyun	å§æ¥äº	Old	Not	1930	1947	2021	Shandong	One State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[7]
Jiang Zemin	æ±æ³½æ°	Old	Not	1926	1946	2022	Jiangsu	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	^[8]
Li Changchun	æé¿æ¥	New	Elected	1944	1965	Alive	Liaoning	One Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee	^[9]
Li Lanqing	æå²æ¸	Old	Not	1932	1952	Alive	Jiangsu	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[10]
Li Peng	æé¹	Old	Not	1928	1945	2019	Shanghai	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[11]
Li Ruihuan	æçç¯	Old	Not	1934	1959	Alive	Tianjin	One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[12]
Li Tieying	æéæ	Old	Not	1936	1955	Alive	Shaanxi	One State office President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	^[13]
Luo Gan	ç½å¹²	New	Elected	1935	1960	Alive	Shandong	Two Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission State office State Councillor of the People's Republic of China	^[14]
Qian Qichen	é±å¶ç	Old	Not	1928	1942	2017	Tianjin	Two State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of Foreign Affairs	^[15]
Tian Jiyun	ç°çºªäº	Old	Not	1929	1945	Alive	Shandong	One State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[16]
Wei Jianxing	å°å¥è¡	Old	Not	1931	1949	2015	Zhejiang	One Party office Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection	^[17]
Wen Jiabao	æ¸©å®¶å®	Alternate	Elected	1942	1965	Alive	Tianjin	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[18]
Wu Bangguo	å´é¦å½	Old	Elected	1941	1964	2024	Anhui	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[19]
Wu Guanzheng	å´å®æ£	New	Elected	1938	1963	Alive	Jiangxi	One Party office Secretary, Shandong Provincial Party Committee	^[20]
Xie Fei	è°¢é	Old	Died	1932	1949	1999	Guangdong	One State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[21]
Zhang Wannian	å¼ ä¸å¹´	New	Not	1928	1945	2015	Shandong	One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[22]
Zhu Rongji	æ±éåº	Old	Not	1928	1949	Alive	Shandong	One State office Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[23]

Officeholder		14th	16th	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	Gender	Offices held	Ref.
Wu Yi	å´ä»ª	New	Member	1938	1962	Alive	Wuhan	Female	One State office State Councillor of the People's Republic of China	^[24]
Zeng Qinghong	æ¾åºçº¢	New	Member	1939	1960	Alive	Jiangxi	Male	Two Party offices Head, General Office of the Central Committee Head, Organization Department of the Central Committee	^[25]

15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

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