8th Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party

The 8th Secretariat, formally the Secretariat of the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was nominated by the 8th Politburo Standing Committee and approved by the 1st Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee on 28 September 1956. The Secretariat was abolished by the 9th National Congress in 1969 and did not resurface until the formation of the 11th Secretariat in 1980.

Officers

Secretary-General (1956–1966)

Secretary-General of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Portrait	Name	Hanzi	Birth	PM	Death	Ref.
	Deng Xiaoping	邓小平	1904	1924	1997	[2]

Standing Secretary (1966–1969)

Standing Secretary of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Portrait	Name	Hanzi	Birth	PM	Death	Ref.
	Tao Zhu	陶铸	1908	1926	1969	[3]

Composition

Members

Members of the Secretariat of the 8th Central Committee
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Name	Hanzi	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	No. of offices	Ref.
Deng Xiaoping	邓小平	1904	1924	1997	Sichuan	One Party office Secretary-General, Central Committee Secretariat	[2]
Huang Kecheng [a]	黄克诚	1902	1925	1986	Hunan	Two Military office Secretary-General, Central Military Commission State office Vice Minister of National Defense	[5]
Kang Sheng [b]	康生	1898	1925	1975	Shandong	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	[6]
Li Fuchun [c]	李富春	1900	1922	1975	Hunan	Two State offices Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Chairman, State Planning Commission of the State Council	[7]
Li Xiannian [b]	李先念	1909	1927	1992	Hubei	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of Finance	[8]
Li Xuefeng	李雪峰	1903	1933	2003	Shanxi	Two Military office Political Commissar, Beijing Military Region of the People's Liberation Army State office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee	[9]
Liu Ningyi	刘宁一	1907	1925	1994	Hebei	Two State offices Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Secretary-General, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	[10]
Lu Dingyi [d]	陆定一	1906	1925	1996	Jiangsu	Three Party office Head, Propaganda Department of the Central Committee State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of Culture	[11]
Luo Ruiqing [b]	罗瑞卿	1906	1928	1978	Sichuan	Three Military office Chief of the General Staff, People's Liberation Army State office Minister of Public Security Vice Minister of National Defense	[12]
Peng Zhen [e]	彭真	1902	1923	1997	Shanxi	Two Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Secretary-General, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Mayor, Beijing Municipal People's Government	[13]
Tan Zheng [a]	谭政	1906	1927	1988	Hunan	Two Military office Chief of the General Staff, People's Liberation Army Party office Deputy Secretary, Central Supervisory Commission of the Central Committee	[14]
Tan Zhenlin	谭震林	1902	1926	1983	Jiangxi	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	[15]
Tao Zhu	陶铸	1908	1926	1969	Hunan	Three Party office Head, Propaganda Department of the Central Committee Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee State office Governor, Guangdong Provincial People's Government	[3]
Wang Jiaxiang	王稼祥	1906	1928	1974	Anhui	Two Party office Head, Foreign Liaison Department of the Central Committee State office Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs	[16]
Xie Fuzhi [f]	谢富治	1909	1931	1972	Hubei	Two State offices Minister of Public Security Political Commissar, People's Armed Police	[17]
Ye Jianying [g]	叶剑英	1897	1927	1986	Guangdong	Two Military offices Secretary-General, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee Political Commissar, Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army	[18]

Alternates

Alternates of the Secretariat of the 8th Central Committee
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Name	Hanzi	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	No. of offices	Ref.
Hu Qiaomu	胡乔木	1912	1932	1992	Jiangsu	One Party office Deputy Secretary-General, Central Committee	[19]
Liu Lantao	刘澜涛	1910	1926	1997	Sichuan	Three Military office First Political Commissar, Lanzhou Military Region of the People's Liberation Army Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Party office First Secretary, Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee	[20]
Yang Shangkun [e]	杨尚昆	1907	1926	1998	Chongqing	Two Party offices Head, General Office of the Central Committee Deputy Secretary-General, Central Committee	[21]

Explanatory notes

1. Tan Zheng and Huang Kecheng were dismissed from the Secretariat by a decision of the 10th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee on 24–27 September 1962. ^[4]
2. Kang Sheng was elected the Secretariat by a decision of the 10th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee on 24–27 September 1962. ^[4]
3. Li Fuchun and Li Xiannian were elected to the Secretariat by a decision of the 5th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee on 25 May 1958. ^[4]
4. Lu Dingyi and Luo Ruiqing were elected the Secretariat by a decision of the 10th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee on 24–27 September 1962 and dismissed by a decision of the 8th Politburo in May 1966. ^[4]
5. Peng Zhen and Yang Shangkun were dismissed from the Secretariat by a decision of the 8th Politburo in May 1966. ^[1]
6. Xie Fuzhi and Liu Ningyi were elected the Secretariat by a decision of the 11th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee on 1–12 August 1966. ^[4]
7. Ye Jianying was elected the Secretariat by a decision of the 8th Politburo in May 1966. ^[4]

See also

• 8th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
• 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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