Wang Gang (politician)
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Hu Jintao
Wang Gang | |
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| 王刚 | |
 Wang Gang | |
| Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office March 1999 – September 2007 | |
| General Secretary | Jiang Zemin Hu Jintao |
| Preceded by | Zeng Qinghong |
| Succeeded by | Ling Jihua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1942 (1942-10) (age 83) |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party (1971-2013) |
Wang Gang (Chinese: 王刚; born October 1942) is a retired Chinese politician. He served in prominent leadership positions in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after 1999, including Director of the General Office of the CCP and Secretary of the Secretariat. He was a member of the Politburo from 2007 to 2012.
Wang was born in Fuyu County, Jilin Province, and graduated from the department of philosophy of Jilin University in 1967. He joined the CCP in June 1971. Between 1977 and 1981 he served on the administrative staff of the Communist Party's regional committee in Xinjiang. Between 1981 and 1985, he was a secretary in the Communist Party's office on managing relations with Taiwan. He was later responsible for the State Bureau for Letters and Calls and the State Archives Administration. Between 1999 and 2001, he became the Director of the General Office of the CCP.
Wang was an alternate of the 15th Central Committee of the CCP, an alternate of the 16th Politburo of the CCP and a Secretary of the Secretariat of the CCP.[1]
He became a full member of the 17th Politburo of the CCP in 2007, joining the inner sanctum of power in the CCP. Between 2008 and 2013, Wang served as one of the Vice Chairmen of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and the secretary of a working committee of organs directly affiliated with the Central Committee of the CCP.
Wang retired from public life in 2013.
References
- ↑ "王刚简历". Official Biography, Xinhua. Archived from the original on April 16, 2003.
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party 1999–2007 |
Succeeded by |
17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2012) | |
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| Standing Committee | |
| Other members in surname stroke order | |
16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2002–2007) | |
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| Standing Committee | |
| Other members in surname stroke order | |
| Alternate member | |
Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party | |
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| 8th Secretariat (1956–1969) |
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| 11th Secretariat (1980–1982) | |
| 12th Secretariat (1982–1987) | |
| 13th Secretariat (1987–1992) | |
| 14th Secretariat (1992–1997) | |
| 15th Secretariat (1997–2002) | |
| 16th Secretariat (2002–2007) | |
| 17th Secretariat (2007–2012) | |
| 18th Secretariat (2012–2017) | |
| 19th Secretariat (2017–2022) | |
| 20th Secretariat (2022–2027) | |
| Directors of the General Office of the Secretariat (1941–1948) | |
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| Directors of the General Office of the Central Committee (1948–present) | |