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Li Rui

1917 - 2019

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Li Rui (simplified Chinese: 李锐; traditional Chinese: 李銳; pinyin: Lǐ Ruì; 14 April 1917 – 16 February 2019) was a Chinese politician, historian and dissident Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member. As a young student activist, Li joined the Communists in 1937 during the Chinese Civil War. By 1958, he had become the vice-minister of the Ministry of Water Resources. His vocal opposition to the proposed Three Gorges Dam brought him to the attention of the Chairman of the CCP, Mao Zedong. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Li Rui is the 14,358th most popular politician (down from 13,696th in 2019), the 870th most popular biography from China (down from 868th in 2019) and the 434th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Li Rui ranks 14,358 out of 19,576. Before him are Borommatrailokkanat, Charles Rabemananjara, Esther Hayut, Ahmose-Sitkamose, Purushottam Das Tandon, and Nabu-suma-ukin II. After him are Andrés Martínez Trueba, Leabua Jonathan, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Paul Eyschen, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, and Eugenio Montero Ríos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Li Rui ranks 237. Before him are Abdel Rahman Badawi, Desi Arnaz, James Jesus Angleton, Jane Bowles, Henry Carlsson, and Noboru Terada. After him are Dmitry Polyansky, Helen Suzman, Abdullah al-Sallal, Babiker Awadalla, Fyodor Khitruk, and Rudolf Gnägi. Among people deceased in 2019, Li Rui ranks 315. Before him are Christian Bach, Mark Zakharov, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Albert Razin, Erik Olin Wright, and Ndaye Mulamba. After him are Tevfik Kış, Arif Malikov, Marlen Khutsiev, Warren Cole, Babiker Awadalla, and Zlatko Škorić.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Rui ranks 870 out of 1,610. Before him are David Chiang (1947), Tsai Chin (1933), Zhao Wei (1976), Yuen Ren Chao (1892), Liu Yunshan (1947), and Zhao Rukuo (1170). After him are Lang Ping (1960), Wen Yiduo (1899), Mervyn Peake (1911), Taranatha (1575), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), and Guo Boxiong (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Li Rui ranks 434. Before him are Tang Jiaxuan (1938), Liu He (1952), Tang Jingsong (1841), Huang Hua (1913), Li Changchun (1944), and Liu Yunshan (1947). After him are Huang Ju (1938), Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), Hau Pei-tsun (1919), Wu Xueqian (1921), Luo Ronghuan (1902), and Liang Guanglie (1940).

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