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Li Peng

1928 - 2019

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Li Peng (Chinese: 李鹏; pinyin: Lǐ Péng; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy behind then CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin. He retained his seat on the CCP Politburo Standing Committee until his retirement in 2002. Li was the son of an early Communist revolutionary, Li Shuoxun, who was executed by the Kuomintang. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Li Peng is the 3,002nd most popular politician (up from 3,211th in 2024), the 198th most popular biography from China (up from 249th in 2019) and the 124th most popular Chinese Politician.

Li Peng is most famous for being the head of the Chinese Communist Party and the Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998. He was also in charge of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Li Peng ranks 3,002 out of 19,576. Before him are Julia Soaemias, Aleksey Kuropatkin, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Kamehameha I, Edda Mussolini, and Eleanor of Toledo. After him are Sancho II of Castile and León, Emperor Reigen, Occhiali, Marie José of Belgium, Jarosław Kaczyński, and Sa'id of Egypt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Li Peng ranks 52. Before him are Alvin Toffler, Carlos Fuentes, Vera Rubin, Manfred Gerlach, Li Ka-shing, and Francesco Cossiga. After him are Alfonso de Portago, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Peyo, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Daniel Nathans, and Osamu Shimomura. Among people deceased in 2019, Li Peng ranks 45. Before him are Robert Evans, B. J. Habibie, Prem Tinsulanonda, Albert Finney, René Auberjonois, and Ratko Janev. After him are Lee Radziwill, Marie Laforêt, Sydney Brenner, Andrea Camilleri, Giya Kancheli, and Roger Etchegaray.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Peng ranks 198 out of 1,610. Before him are Han Yu (768), Lin Zexu (1785), King Wu of Zhou (-1150), Zhao Yun (168), Wang Anshi (1021), and Longqing Emperor (1537). After him are King Zhou of Shang (-1105), Li Keqiang (1955), Zhang Liao (169), Tao Yuanming (365), Wang Wei (699), and Yesün Temür (1293).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Li Peng ranks 124. Before him are King Wen of Zhou (-1112), Yuan Shu (155), Ma Chao (176), Lin Zexu (1785), King Wu of Zhou (-1150), and Longqing Emperor (1537). After him are King Zhou of Shang (-1105), Li Keqiang (1955), Yesün Temür (1293), Wang Zhaojun (-50), Emperor Wen of Han (-202), and Empress Xiaoyichun (1727).

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