Lü Debin

Lü Debin
Lü Debin
吕德彬
Vice Governor of the People's Government of Henan Province
	In office; 2002–2005
Personal details
Born	1953
Died	2005 (aged 51–52)
Party	China Democratic League

Born1953

Died2005 (aged 51–52)

PartyChina Democratic League

Lü Debin (Chinese: 吕德彬; May 1953 – 18 October 2005) was a Chinese politician and academic, who served as vice governor of Henan Province. In 2005, he was executed for murdering his wife.^[1] State-controlled media in China reported his wife had threatened to expose him for corruption if he divorced her.^[2] At the time, it was reported that Lü was the highest-ranking official charged with homicide since the establishment of the People's Republic of China.^[3]

Born to a poor family in Yinu Village, Dama Township, Yanling County, Henan Province, Lü became a village cadre as a teenager and was admitted to the Henan Agricultural College (now Henan Agricultural University) as a Worker-Peasant-Soldier student. He later attended Kansas State University, where he received master's and doctoral degrees.

Debin was executed by lethal injection on October 18, 2005.^[4]

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v t e 9th Central Committee of the China Democratic League
December 2002 – December 2007
Honorary Chairpersons	Fei Xiaotong Qian Weichang Tan Jiazhen Su Buqing Ding Shisun^{[note 1]}
Honorary Vice Chairpersons	Ye Duyi Tao Dayong Ma Dayou Kang Zhenhuang Luo Hanxian Kong Lingren Wu Xiuping Li Yining Jiang Jingbo Feng Kexi
Advisors	Feng Sutao Wu Cangping
Chairperson	Ding Shisun (resigned)^{[note 2]} → Jiang Shusheng^{[note 3]}
Executive Vice Chairperson	Zhang Meiying^{[note 4]}
Vice Chairpersons	Feng Zhijun Zhang Yumao (resigned)^{[note 5]} Yuan Xingpei Lu Qiang Yu Zeyou (resigned)^{[note 6]} Wu Zhengde Zhang Baowen Wang Weicheng Zhang Meiying (promoted to Executive Vice Chairperson) Zhang Shengkun Li Zhong’an Zheng Lansun Zhang Ping Suo Lisheng (by-election)^{[note 7]} Jiang Shusheng (by-election; promoted to Chairperson)^{[note 8]}
Standing Committee Members	Ding Shisun (resigned) Wang Weicheng Wang Yaohua Feng Zhijun Lu Qiang Ye Danian Long Zhuangwei ~~Lü Debin~~^{[note 9]} Kang Tiebao Liu Guangfu Liu Dehai Sun Youxian Zhu Ming Zhu Peiling Zhu Zhenzhong Xu Bainian Wu Gang Wu Dacheng Wu Zhengde Zhang Ping Zhang Shengkun Zhang Baowen Zhang Gaoyong Zhang Meiying Zhang Daohong Zhang Yumao (resigned) Li Zhong’an Li Jiahu Chen Wanzhi Chen Baozhi Chen Xiaoguang Zhou Yixing Luo Yuanfang Zheng Quan Zheng Lansun Zheng Zegen Zheng Huiqiang Yu Zeyou (resigned) Yu Haichao Zhao Zhenxi Ni Guoxi Tang Kemei Xu Hui Gui Zhongyue Suo Lisheng Nie Xiangting Yuan Xingpei Jia Qingguo Guo Shenglian Tao Jianhua Gu Xin Gao Yubao Gao Shuanping Gao Xiaoyu Cao Weixing Liang Rongxin Liang Xiaosheng Liang Chaoran Fu Xianluo Wen Fujing Wen Simei Jiang Shusheng (by-election) Xie Youqing Xie Xialing Han Dajian Lei Lei Bao Yizhi Bao Minzhong
Secretary-General	Gao Shuanping
↑ Note 1: In December 2005, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee elected Ding Shisun as Honorary Chairperson of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 2: The Fourth Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee accepted Ding Shisun’s resignation from the posts of Chairperson, Standing Committee Member, and Member of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 3: In December 2005, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee elected Jiang Shusheng as Chairperson of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 4: In March 2003, the Third Chairpersons’ Meeting of the 9th Central Committee decided that Vice Chairperson Zhang Meiying would serve as Executive Vice Chairperson. ↑ Note 5: The Fourth Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee accepted Zhang Yumao’s resignation from the posts of Vice Chairperson, Standing Committee Member, and Member of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 6: In December 2003, the Second Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee accepted Yu Zeyou’s resignation from the posts of Vice Chairperson, Standing Committee Member, and Member of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 7: In December 2004, the Third Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee elected Suo Lisheng as Vice Chairperson. ↑ Note 8: In December 2003, the Second Plenary Session of the 9th Central Committee elected Jiang Shusheng as Member, Standing Committee Member, and Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee. ↑ Note 9: On 24 June 2005, the Chairpersons’ Meeting decided to remove Lü Debin from his posts as Member and Standing Committee Member of the Central Committee and expel him from the League.

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Lü Debin
吕德彬


Vice Governor of the People's Government of Henan Province
In office 2002–2005

Personal details
Born	1953 (1953)
Died	2005 (aged 51–52)
Party	China Democratic League