Zeng Qinghong
Zeng Qinghong | |||||||||
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| 曾庆红 | |||||||||
Zeng in 2000 | |||||||||
| Vice President of China | |||||||||
| In office 15 March 2003 – 15 March 2008 | |||||||||
| President | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office December 2002 – December 2007 | |||||||||
| Deputy | Yu Yunyao Su Rong | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hu Jintao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xi Jinping | ||||||||
| Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office March 1999 – November 2002 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Jiang Zemin | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Quanjing | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | He Guoqiang | ||||||||
| Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office March 1993 – March 1999 | |||||||||
| General Secretary | Jiang Zemin | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wen Jiabao | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Gang | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1939 Ji'an, Jiangxi, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1960–2008) | ||||||||
| Spouse | Wang Fengqing | ||||||||
| Children | Zeng Wei | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Institute of Technology | ||||||||
| Occupation | Control engineer | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曾庆红 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 曾慶紅 | ||||||||
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Zeng Qinghong (Chinese: 曾庆红; pinyin: Zēng Qìnghóng; Wade–Giles: Tseng1 Ch'ing4-hung2, born 30 July 1939) is a retired Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, China's highest leadership council, and a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee between 2002 and 2007. He also served as the Vice President of China from 2003 to 2008. During the 1990s, Zeng was a close ally of then-Party general secretary Jiang Zemin, and was instrumental in consolidating Jiang's power. For years, Zeng was the primary force behind the party's organization and personnel.