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Ding Guangen

Chinese politician

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Chinese politician

Field	Value
name	Ding Guangen
native_name	丁关根
width	130px
office	Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
term_start	September 1992
term_end	November 2002
1blankname	General Secretary
1namedata	Jiang Zemin
predecessor	Wang Renzhi
successor	Liu Yunshan
office2	Head of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party
term_start2	November 1990
term_end2	December 1992
1blankname2	General Secretary
1namedata2	Jiang Zemin
predecessor2	Yan Mingfu
successor2	Wang Zhaoguo
office3	Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization
term_start3	April 1997
term_end3	November 2002
successor3	Li Changchun
office5	Minister of Railways
term_start5	1985
term_end5	12 March 1998
1blankname5	Premier
1namedata5	Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng
predecessor5	Chen Puru
successor5	Li Senmao
birth_date	September 1929
birth_place	Wuxi, Jiangsu, Republic of China
death_date
death_place	Beijing, China
party	Chinese Communist Party (1956–2002)
alma_mater	Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Li Peng

Ding Guangen (; September 1929 – July 22, 2012) was a Chinese politician who served in senior leadership roles in the Chinese Communist Party during the 1990s. He was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party between 1992 and 2002, a member of the Central Secretariat, and one of the top officials in charge of propaganda and ideology during the term of Party General Secretary and President Jiang Zemin.

Prior to his elevation to the Politburo, Ding served successively as Minister of Railways of China between 1985 and 1988, the chief of the Taiwan Affairs Office between 1988 and 1990, and the head of the United Front Work Department of the party between 1990 and 1992.

Biography

Ding was born in September 1929 in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. He attended high school in Shanghai. He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a degree in engineering. He joined the Communist Party in July 1956.

Ding was elevated to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1987, and was expected to take on more prominent posts. However, he was forced to resign due to a series of dire railway accidents in 1988. He was demoted to the vice director of the National Planning Commission. Later, Ding became the director of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. He thus became the first politburo member, i.e., Party and nation's leader, who served as a vice Minister in the government after Cultural Revolution. Ding re-emerged in 1989 and took charge of the United Front Work Department of CCP. Since 1992, Ding had served as the head of Central Propaganda Department of CCP, responsible for ideological affairs for 10 years. He retired in 2002 due to his age.

Ding was a member of 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, an alternate member of 13th Politburo, and a full member of 14th and 15th Politburo. Since the 4th plenary session of 13th Central Committee, he was a secretary of Central Secretariat of CCP.

Ding died on July 22, 2012, in Beijing at the age of 83. He was eulogized by the party as a "long-tested fighter of the Communist cause".

References

"Biography of Ding Guangen". China Vitae.
"原中央政治局委员丁关根同志逝世". [[Xinhua News Agency]].
(July 22, 2012). "原中央政治局委员丁关根同志逝世". [[Xinhua News Agency]].

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