POLITICIAN

Gao Zhisheng

1964 - Today

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Gao Zhisheng (born 20 April 1964) is a Chinese human rights attorney and dissident known for defending activists and religious minorities and documenting human rights abuses in China. Because of his work, Zhisheng has been disbarred and detained by the Chinese government several times, and severely tortured. He disappeared in February 2009 and was unofficially detained until December 2011, when it was announced that he had been imprisoned for three years. His commitment to defending his clients is influenced by his Christian beliefs and their tenets on morality and compassion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gao Zhisheng is the 17,468th most popular politician (up from 17,487th in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from China (up from 1,069th in 2019) and the 470th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gao Zhisheng ranks 17,468 out of 19,576Before him are A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Elyes Fakhfakh, Michael Müller, Frank Lautenberg, Susie Wolff, and Nathaniel P. Banks. After him are Susi Pudjiastuti, Jorge Del Castillo, Michael Joseph Savage, Francis Lewis, Charles Magill Conrad, and William Ellery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Gao Zhisheng ranks 514Before him are Caroline Link, Violeta Bulc, Kenji Honnami, Michael Müller, René Pape, and Kōsuke Fujishima. After him are Miguel Varoni, Nikola Jerkan, Magomedsalam Magomedov, Carlos Hermosillo, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, and Clara Rojas.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gao Zhisheng ranks 1,044 out of 1,610Before him are Álvaro Fernández (null), Lu Han (1990), Deng Yaping (1973), Ruth Graham (1920), Wang Yibo (1997), and Liu Boming (1966). After him are Wang Dan (1969), Wang Hao (1983), Lou Ye (1965), Liu Huan (1963), Zhang Yining (1981), and Dylan Wang (1998).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Gao Zhisheng ranks 470Before him are Ma Kai (1946), Lee Yuan-tsu (1923), Liu Qi (1942), Guo Jinlong (1947), Mao Chi-kuo (1948), and Chen Muhua (1921). After him are Sun Zhengcai (1963), Liu Guoliang (1976), Dolkun Isa (1967), Fu Mingxia (1978), Gyaincain Norbu (1990), and Chen Jing (1968).