Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
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中国共产党中央委员会副主席 | |
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
Style | Vice Chairman (副主席) (informal) Comrade (同志) (formal) |
Member of | Politburo Standing Committee |
Reports to | Central Committee |
Seat | Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China |
Nominator | Central Committee |
Appointer | Central Committee |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Constituting instrument | Party Constitution |
Formation | 26 September 1956 |
Abolished | 1 September 1982 |
Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党 中央委员会 副主席 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國共產黨中央委員會副主席 | ||||||
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Chinese | 中共 中央副主席 | ||||||
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The vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the second-highest rank within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the chairman from 1956 to 1982. The position was phased out after 1982 in order to remove the "Chairman" position from any government posting,resigning it solely to the late Mao Zedong.
All vice chairmen were members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Term | Image | Name | Term | Chairman | Note | ||
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Term start | Term end | ||||||
8th Central Committee | Liu Shaoqi | 28 September 1956 | 12 August 1966 | Mao Zedong | In office until the Eleventh Plenary Session | ||
Zhou Enlai | 28 September 1956 | 12 August 1966 | |||||
Zhu De | 28 September 1956 | 12 August 1966 | |||||
Chen Yun | 28 September 1956 | 12 August 1966 | |||||
Lin Biao | 25 May 1958 | 28 April 1969 | Elected at the Fifth Plenary Session | ||||
9th Central Committee | 28 April 1969 | 13 September 1971 † | The only party vice-chairman | ||||
10th Central Committee | Hua Guofeng | 6 April 1976 | 6 October 1976 | Mao Zedong ↓ Hua Guofeng | First Vice-chairman | ||
Zhou Enlai | 30 August 1973 | 8 January 1976 † | Died in office | ||||
Wang Hongwen | 30 August 1973 | 7 October 1976 | Gang of Four,arrested in 1976,expelled in 1977 | ||||
Kang Sheng | 30 August 1973 | 16 December 1975 † | Died in office | ||||
Ye Jianying | 30 August 1973 | 19 August 1977 | From October 1976 to July 1977,was the only Party Vice-chairman | ||||
Li Desheng | 30 August 1973 | 10 January 1975 | Resigned at the Second Plenary Session | ||||
Deng Xiaoping | 10 January 1975 | 19 August 1977 | Elected at the Second Plenary Session. Removed from office due to Tiananmen Incident. Reinstated at the Third Plenum | ||||
11th Central Committee | Ye Jianying | 19 August 1977 | 6 September 1982 | Hua Guofeng ↓ Hu Yaobang | |||
Deng Xiaoping | 19 August 1977 | 6 September 1982 | |||||
Li Xiannian | 19 August 1977 | 6 September 1982 | |||||
Wang Dongxing | 19 August 1977 | 29 February 1980 | Resigned at the Fifth Plenary Session | ||||
Chen Yun | 22 December 1978 | 6 September 1982 | Elected at the Third Plenary Session | ||||
Zhao Ziyang | 29 June 1981 | 6 September 1982 | Elected at the Sixth Plenary Session | ||||
Hua Guofeng | 29 June 1981 | 6 September 1982 | Elected at the Sixth Plenary Session |
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