Lin Ruo
Lin Ruo (Chinese: 林若; pinyin: Lín Ruò; July 19, 1924 – October 7, 2012) was a Chinese politician who served as Party Committee Secretary of Guangdong Province.
Lin Ruo | |
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| 林若 | |
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| Party Secretary of Guangdong | |
| In office July 1985 – January 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Ren Zhongyi |
| Succeeded by | Xie Fei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1924 Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong |
| Died | October 7, 2012 (aged 88) Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Sun Yat-sen University |
Lin Ruo (Chinese: 林若; pinyin: Lín Ruò; July 19, 1924 – October 7, 2012) was a Chinese politician who served as Party Committee Secretary of Guangdong Province.[1]
Biography
[edit]Lin was a native of Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1945. In July 1945, he enrolled in the Sun Yat-sen University School of Literature. In 1947, he traveled to the Dong River guerilla warfare region to provide political guidance.[2]
In March 1950, he was named the head of the CCP Guangdong Pearl River Local Committee Policy Research Office Group, as well as local positions in Zhongshan and Dongguan. In 1952, he was named party committee secretary of Dongguan. Lin was attacked during the Cultural Revolution.[3]
In February 1971, he was named to the Zhenjiang local party committee, and in 1973 became the deputy party secretary and deputy Revolutionary Committee director of the Nanfang Daily newspaper. In 1975, Lin became the Guangzhou municipal party committee first secretary, and in 1982 transferred to become the Guangdong provincial party committee first secretary.[4]
From 1985 to 1991, Lin served as the Guangdong provincial party committee secretary.[4] From 1990 through December 1996, he served as chairman and party group secretary of the Guangdong provincial people's congress standing committee. He retired in September 2004.[5]
Lin died on October 7, 2012, in Guangzhou following an illness.[6]
Lin Ruo was a delegate to each National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party from the 12th through the 17th, a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and a delegate to the 7th and 8th National People's Congresses.[7][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 中国共产党. 中央组织部; 中共中央党史硏究室 (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典, 1921-2003 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-7-80136-952-9. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ 国运: 南方记事 (in Chinese). 人民文学出版社. 2008. p. 370. ISBN 978-7-02-006685-8. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ 广东省地方史志编纂委员会 (2003). 广东省志: 政权志. 广东省地方志丛书 (in Chinese). 广东人民出版社. p. 86. ISBN 978-7-218-04262-6. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ a b 广东百科全书编纂委员会 (1995). 广东百科全書. 中国地区百科全书 (in Chinese). 中國大百科全書出版社. p. 540. ISBN 978-7-5000-5472-6. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "林若: 广东改革开放敢为人先" [Lin Ruo: Guangdong dares to be first in reform and opening up]. southcn.com (in Chinese (China)). 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "中共广东省委原书记林若同志遗体在穗火化" [The body of Comrade Lin Ruo, former secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, was cremated in Guangzhou.]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ 广东省地方史志编纂委员会. 廣東省志: 政权志. 廣東省地方誌叢書 (in Chinese). 广东人民出版社. p. 86. Retrieved 2025-02-23.