Wei Jianxing
Wei Jianxing | |
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尉健行 | |
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
In office October 19, 1992 – November 15, 2002 | |
General Secretary | Jiang Zemin |
Preceded by | Qiao Shi |
Succeeded by | Wu Guanzheng |
Politburo Standing Committee member of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office October 19, 1997 – November 15, 2002 | |
General Secretary | Jiang Zemin |
Communist Party Secretary of Beijing | |
In office April 27, 1996 – August 25, 1997 | |
General Secretary | Jiang Zemin |
Preceded by | Chen Xitong |
Succeeded by | Jia Qinglin |
Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions | |
In office October 24, 1993 – December 28, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Ni Zhifu |
Succeeded by | Wang Zhaoguo |
Minister of Supervision | |
In office June 23, 1987 – March 29, 1993 | |
Premier | Zhao Ziyang Li Peng |
Preceded by | Qian Ying |
Succeeded by | Cao Qingze |
Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office July 13, 1985 – May 27, 1987 | |
General Secretary | Hu Yaobang |
Preceded by | Qiao Shi |
Succeeded by | Song Ping |
Mayor of Harbin | |
In office March 10, 1981 – January 20, 1984 | |
Preceded by | Wang Huacheng |
Succeeded by | Wang Rensheng |
Personal details | |
Born | Sinchang, Chekiang, Republic of China | January 2, 1931
Died | August 7, 2015 Beijing, China | (aged 84)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1949–2002) |
Alma mater | Dalian University of Technology |
Wei Jianxing (
Biography
Wei Jianxing was born in
Wei later enrolled in Dalian University of Technology and graduated in 1952, majoring in mechanics. From 1952 to 1953, he studied Russian language in Fushun. Wei was then sent to the Soviet Union to study industrial management until 1955. In the early stages of the Cultural Revolution he was politically disgraced and performed manual labour, but regained favour in 1970 and became the head of the revolutionary committee of the factory he worked at. Between 1981 and 1983 he served as Mayor of Harbin.
Wei was then transferred to work at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions where he served on the organization's Secretariat. He then rose to become head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party. His work gained recognition from then party General Secretary Hu Yaobang. In 1987 Hu was oustered in a power struggle by conservative forces within the party and Wei, being branded a Hu loyalist, was transferred out of the organs of power to serve in a relatively unimportant position of Minister of Supervision. While serving at the ministry Wei played an important role in developing China's civil servant supervision programs as well as rules and regulations on the discipline of government officials.
In October 1992, at the
Wei retired in 2002 and left public life. He has attended some official functions sporadically since then. He died in Beijing on 7 August 2015.[5]
References
- ^ "中共前常委,中纪委书记尉建行在北京去世".
- ^ "Biography of Wei Jianxing". China Vitae. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ 乔石尉健行渊源颇深:从老乡到校友再成上下级. Eastday. 7 August 2015.
- ^ 北京市地方志编纂委员会 (1997). 《北京年鉴》. China City Publishing. p. 69.
- Xinhuanet. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.