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Wang Yeping (Chinese: 王冶坪; pinyin: Wáng Yěpíng, born 12 February 1928)[1] is a Chinese politician who is the widow of Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader) and President of the People's Republic of China, and is a native of Yangzhou, Jiangsu.[2]

General SecretaryJiang Zemin
Preceded byZhuo Lin
Succeeded byLiu Yongqing
Preceded byVacant (see Lin Jiamei wife of Li Xiannian)
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Wang Yeping
王冶坪
Wang Yeping in 2002
First Lady of China
In role
9 November 1989  15 November 2002
General SecretaryJiang Zemin
Preceded byZhuo Lin
Succeeded byLiu Yongqing
Spouse of the President of China
In role
27 March 1993  15 March 2003
Preceded byVacant (see Lin Jiamei wife of Li Xiannian)
Succeeded byLiu Yongqing
Personal details
Born (1928-02-12) 12 February 1928 (age 98)
Spouse
(m. 1949; died 2022)
ChildrenJiang Mianheng
Jiang Miankang
Alma materShanghai Foreign Language Institute
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Biography

Wang Yeping was born February 12, 1928, in Yangzhou and grew up in Shanghai in the Republic of China. Wang Yeping graduated from Shanghai Foreign Language Institute and majored in foreign languages. She has two sons, Jiang Mianheng born in 1951 and Jiang Miankang (江綿康) born in 1954.[3][4]

A wedding photo of Jiang Zemin and Wang Yeping, circa 1950.

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