Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 3/18/2008
Career Data Updated: 3/18/2008
Wang Gang 王剛
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro; Vice-Chairman, 11th CPPCC, National Committee
Born: 1942
Biography Highlight
Wang Gang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Fuyu, Jilin Province. He was born in 1942, joined the work force in 1967, and joined the CPC in 1971. Wang graduated from Jilin University.
Recent Career Data
| 2008— |
Vice-Chairman, 11th CPPCC, National Committee |
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| 2007— |
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro |
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| 2007— |
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 2002—2007 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 2002—2007 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro, Secretariat |
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| 2002—2007 |
Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro |
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| 1999—2007 |
Director, CPC, Central Committee, General Office |
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| 1999— |
Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Work Committee |
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| 1997—2002 |
Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 1994—1999 |
Director-General, State Archives Bureau |
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Recent Travel & Appearances
| 07/15/08 |
Wang Gang met with Blade Nzimande, secretary general of the South African Communist Party (SACP). |
| 04/21/08 |
Wang Gang met with senior official of Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Dimitar Stoyanov. |
| 02/24/08 |
Wang Gang met with Keo Puth Rasmey, chairman of Cambodia's Funcinpec Party and deputy prime minister of Cambodia. |
| 09/19/07 |
The CPC Central Committee appointed Ling Jihua as director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, replacing Wang Gang.
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| 04/19/06 |
Wang Gang met with a delegation of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) led by National Chairman Aihaji U. N. S. Jah. |