Wang Ruilin

Wang Ruilin
王瑞林
Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission
In office
April 1990 – July 1993
Preceded byGuo Linxiang
Succeeded byZhou Ziyu
Personal details
Born(1930-01-16)January 16, 1930
Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China
DiedDecember 8, 2018(2018-12-08) (aged 88)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1946–2003
Rank General (Shangjiang)
Battles/warsChinese Civil War

Wang Ruilin (Chinese: 王瑞林; pinyin: Wáng Ruìlín; Wade–Giles: Wang Jui-lin; 16 January 1930[1] – 8 December 2018) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a long-term secretary of Deng Xiaoping and served as a member of the Central Military Commission.[2][3]

Career

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Born in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, Wang joined PLA in 1946, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1947. He had served as secretary of Deng Xiaoping since 1952, when Deng was the vice premier of the State Council. When Deng re-emerged in the 1970s, Wang became his secretary again and held this post till Deng's retirement in 1990.[4]

From 1990 to 1995, he was the vice director of General Office of the Chinese Communist Party, secretary of discipline commission of CMC and the vice director of PLA General Political Department, Deputy secretary of the party committee.[5] In 1995, he became a member of the CMC.[6] He attained the rank of lieutenant general in September 1988 and full general in June 1994.[2]

Wang accompanied Deng on Deng's 1992 southern tour.[7]: 38 

Wang was a member of 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]

Wang died on 8 December 2018 in Beijing, at the age of 88.[2]

References

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  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b c d Yue, Huairang (2018-12-09). "88岁中央军委原委员王瑞林逝世,曾长期担任邓小平同志秘书". The Paper. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  3. ^ United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1995). Daily report: People's Republic of China, Issues 202-203; Issues 205-207. National Technical Information Service. p. 25.
  4. ^ Shambaugh, David L. (2004). Modernizing China's military: progress, problems, and prospects. University of California Press. pp. 44–46. ISBN 9780520242388.
  5. ^ "Zhongguo ren ming da ci dian" bian ji bu (1994). Who's who in China current leaders. Foreign Languages Press. p. 650. ISBN 9787119007250.
  6. ^ Wong, John; Yongnian Zheng (2002). China's post-Jiang leadership succession: problems and perspectives. World Scientific. p. 82. ISBN 9789812706508.
  7. ^ Chatwin, Jonathan (2024). The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350435711.
Military offices
New title Director of the Office of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission [zh]
1981–1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission
1990–1993
Succeeded by