Hu Qili
Hu Qili | |||||||||
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| 胡启立 | |||||||||
| Politburo Standing Committee member of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office November 1987 – June 1989 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Zhao Ziyang | ||||||||
| Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office April 1982 – June 1983 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Hu Yaobang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Yao Yilin | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Qiao Shi | ||||||||
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| Born | 6 October 1929 Yulin, Shaanxi, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Hao Keming (郝克明, d. 2023) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 胡啟立 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 胡启立 | ||||||||
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Hu Qili (Chinese: 胡启立; born 6 October 1929) is a former high-ranking politician of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), known as a champion of the country's economic reform program in the 1980s. He was a leading member of the CCP Secretariat from 1985 to 1989 and a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee from 1987 to 1989. Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, he was purged for his sympathy toward the student protesters and his support for General Secretary Zhao Ziyang's opposition to the use of armed force. However, he returned to politics in 1991. In 2001, he became chairman of the Soong Ching-ling Foundation.
As of April 2024, Hu Qili is the only living member of 13th Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC from the first three plenary sessions.