Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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This is a list of members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party who have served 11 years or more. One table ranks them according to continuous service, and another table ranks members according to total years as members. Zhou Enlai served the longest, but Mao Zedong had the continuously longest service of any member.

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Longest-serving members

Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee
No.Officeholder Hanzi Took officeLeft officeDurationRef.
DaysYears & days
1 Zhou Enlai portrait.jpg Zhou Enlai 周恩来21 May 1944
10 November 1927
4 July 1927		8 January 1976
9 December 1937
9 August 1927		15,27241 years, 317 days [1]
2 Mao Zedong in 1959 (cropped).jpg Mao Zedong 毛泽东17 January 19359 September 197615,21141 years, 236 days [2]
3 1959 Chen Yun (cropped).jpg Chen Yun 陈云18 August 1977
9 June 1950
9 December 1937		2 November 1987
28 April 1969
20 March 1943		12,55334 years, 124 days [3]
4 Zhu De.jpg Zhu De 朱德30 August 1973
21 May 1944		6 July 1976
28 April 1969		10,14927 years, 288 days [4]
5 LiuShaoqi.jpg Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇20 March 194331 October 19689,35725 years, 225 days [5]
6 Deng Xiaoping at the arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China (cropped).jpg Deng Xiaoping 邓小平21 July 1976
10 January 1975
28 September 1956		2 November 1987
7 April 1976
31 October 1968		8,99024 years, 209 days [6]
7 Hu Jintao with BRICS Leaders 2012.jpg Hu Jintao 胡锦涛19 October 199215 November 20127,33220 years, 27 days [7]
8 Xi Jinping 2019 (49060546152) 2.jpg Xi Jinping 习近平22 October 2007Incumbent5,86616 years, 22 days [8]
9 Lipeng.jpg Li Peng 李鹏2 November 198722 November 20125,49915 years, 20 days [9]
10 Pedro Sanchez and Li Keqiang at the 12th Asia-Europe Summit (1) (cropped).jpg Li Keqiang 李克强22 October 200723 October 20225,48015 years, 1 day [10]
11 Ren Min Hua Bao 1969-07-Zhong Gong Jiu Da Quan Ti Hui Yi -Kang Sheng .jpg Kang Sheng 康生12 August 1966
9 December 1937		16 December 1975
20 March 1943		5,34014 years, 227 days [11]
12 Jiang Zemin 2002.jpg Jiang Zemin 江泽民24 June 198922 November 20024,89913 years, 151 days [12]
12 Li Ruihuan.png Li Ruihuan 李瑞环24 June 198922 November 20024,89913 years, 151 days [13]
13 Lin Biao.jpg Lin Biao 林彪25 May 195813 September 19714,85913 years, 108 days [14]

Longest continuously serving members

Longest continuously serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee
No.Officeholder Hanzi Took officeLeft officeDurationRef.
DaysYears & days
1 Mao Zedong in 1959 (cropped).jpg Mao Zedong 毛泽东17 January 19359 September 197615,21141 years, 236 days [2]
2 Zhou Enlai portrait.jpg Zhou Enlai 周恩来21 May 19448 January 197611,55431 years, 232 days [1]
3 LiuShaoqi.jpg Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇20 March 194331 October 19689,35725 years, 225 days [5]
4 Zhu De.jpg Zhu De 朱德21 May 194428 April 19699,10824 years, 342 days [4]
5 Hu Jintao with BRICS Leaders 2012.jpg Hu Jintao 胡锦涛19 October 199215 November 20127,33220 years, 27 days [7]
6 1959 Chen Yun (cropped).jpg Chen Yun 陈云9 June 195028 April 19696,89818 years, 323 days [3]
7 Xi Jinping 2019 (49060546152) 2.jpg Xi Jinping 习近平22 October 2007Incumbent5,86616 years, 22 days [8]
8 Lipeng.jpg Li Peng 李鹏2 November 198722 November 20125,49915 years, 20 days [9]
9 Pedro Sanchez and Li Keqiang at the 12th Asia-Europe Summit (1) (cropped).jpg Li Keqiang 李克强22 October 200723 October 20225,48015 years, 1 day [10]
10 Jiang Zemin 2002.jpg Jiang Zemin 江泽民24 June 198922 November 20024,89913 years, 151 days [12]
10 Li Ruihuan.png Li Ruihuan 李瑞环24 June 198922 November 20024,89913 years, 151 days [13]
11 Lin Biao.jpg Lin Biao 林彪25 May 195813 September 19714,85913 years, 108 days [14]
12 Deng Xiaoping at the arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China (cropped).jpg Deng Xiaoping 邓小平28 September 195631 October 19684,41612 years, 33 days [6]

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