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Ling Jihua

1956 - Today

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Ling Jihua (born 22 October 1956) is a former Chinese politician and one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao. Ling was best known for his tenure as director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between 2007 and 2012. Ling was charged with corruption, bribery, and other misconduct and was sentenced to life imprisonment as part of a larger anti-corruption campaign carried out by Xi Jinping. Ling began his career as a functionary in regional branches of the Communist Youth League in his native Shanxi Province. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ling Jihua is the 16,613th most popular politician (down from 15,815th in 2019), the 982nd most popular biography from China (down from 963rd in 2019) and the 462nd most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ling Jihua ranks 16,613 out of 19,576Before him are Hatı Çırpan, Rajko Đurić, Ronald Gamarra Herrera, Péter Szijjártó, Alberto Héber Usher, and Karl Rove. After him are Pierre Jaccoud, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, Themba Dlamini, Florence Parly, Vilis Krištopans, and Albert Reynolds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ling Jihua ranks 465Before him are Bent Hamer, Yoshiko Tanaka, Uwe Ochsenknecht, John Debney, Ignacio Rodríguez, and Kenneth Eriksson. After him are Irene Khan, Zhantoro Satybaldiyev, Salvatore Bagni, František Jakubec, Steven Saylor, and Rebecca Harms.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ling Jihua ranks 982 out of 1,610Before him are Yuja Wang (1987), Yitang Zhang (1955), Zheng Junli (1911), Robin Li (1968), Jin Xing (1967), and Li Shufu (1963). After him are Fei Junlong (1965), Liao Yiwu (1958), Jiang Rong (1946), Hu Jia (1973), Xiao Zhan (1991), and Ma Lin (1980).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Ling Jihua ranks 462Before him are James Soong (1942), Chen Quanguo (1955), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), Tashi Namgyal (1893), Li Xi (1956), and Donduk Kuular (1888). After him are Ni Xialian (1963), Ma Kai (1946), Lee Yuan-tsu (1923), Liu Qi (1942), Guo Jinlong (1947), and Mao Chi-kuo (1948).