Wei Wenbo

Wei Wenbo
魏文伯
Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China
In office
13 September 1979  4 May 1982
Preceded byShi Liang
Succeeded byLiu Fuzhi
Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
In office
22 December 1978  11 September 1982
SecretaryChen Yun
Member of the Central Advisory Commission
In office
1983–1985
ChairmanDeng Xiaoping
Vice Minister of Justice
In office
December 1952  February 1955
MinisterShi Liang
Personal details
Born
魏去非 Wèi Qùfēi

(1905-03-09)March 9, 1905
Huanggang, Hubei Province, Qing Empire
DiedNovember 15, 1987(1987-11-15) (aged 82)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseLi Jingyi (李静一)
Children5
EducationWuchang Chunghua University (Affiliate High School)
Alma materBeiping Yuwen University
OccupationPolitician, revolutionary, lawyer, poet

Wei Wenbo (Chinese: 魏文伯; pinyin: Wèi Wénbó; 1905–1987) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who played an extensive role in the building of China's legal system. He was also one of East China's most senior party leaders before being purged in the Cultural Revolution. He was rehabilitated in 1979.