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Song Ping
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| 宋平 | |||||||||
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Song in 1949
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| Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||||
| In office June 1987 – December 1989 |
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| General Secretary | Zhao Ziyang Jiang Zemin |
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| Preceded by | Wei Jianxing | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lu Feng | ||||||||
| State Councilor of the People's Republic of China | |||||||||
| In office June 1983 – April 1988 |
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| Premier | Zhao Ziyang | ||||||||
| 5th Director of the State Planning Commission | |||||||||
| In office June 1983 – June 1987 |
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| Premier | Zhao Ziyang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Yao Yilin | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yao Yilin | ||||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Gansu | |||||||||
| In office June 1977 – January 1981 |
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| Deputy | Feng Jixin (Governor) | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Xian Henghan | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Feng Jixin | ||||||||
| Governor of Gansu | |||||||||
| In office June 1977 – December 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Xian Henghan | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Feng Jixin | ||||||||
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| Born | 30 April 1917 Ju County, Shandong, China |
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| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Chen Shunyao
(died 2019) |
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| Children | Song Yichang (宋宜昌) | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 宋平 | ||||||||
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Song Ping (Chinese: 宋平; born 30 April 1917) is a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, which effectively rules China, and is considered the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership.
Biography
He rose through the ranks of the party to become First Party Secretary of Gansu Province, and later Minister of Organization of CCP. Song was in charge of senior cadres' recommendation, candidacy and promotion.
During his time as Party Chief of Gansu, Song Ping became mentor of two young protégés - Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao – who were to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Premier of the Chinese State Council, respectively.
In 1987, Song left the Planning Commission to replace Wei Jianxing as head of the CCP Central Organization Department. Song announced a decision by the Chinese Communist Party to expel members of the communist party who were sympathetic to pro-democracy demonstrations in the spring of 1989. After the Tiananmen Square protests, Song became a member of Politburo Standing Committee with Jiang Zemin and Li Ruihuan.
He stepped down as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee on 19 October 1992 after 14th Party Congress.
Song turned 100 in April 2017. Considered instrumental in the rise of former CCP general secretary Hu Jintao, he lately attended the 20th Party Congress at age 105.
