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Wen Jiabao

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Wen Jiabao (Chinese: 温家宝; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; born 15 September 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the 6th premier of China from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy. From 2002 to 2012, he held membership in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the country's de facto top power organ, where he was ranked third out of nine members and after general secretary Hu Jintao and Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He worked as the director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between 1986 and 1993, and accompanied Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang as Zhao's personal secretary to Tiananmen Square during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, where Zhao called on protesting students to leave the square and after which Zhao was removed from his position within the Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wen Jiabao is the 2,541st most popular politician (down from 2,208th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from China (up from 173rd in 2019) and the 99th most popular Chinese Politician.

Wen Jiabao is most famous for being the first Premier of the People's Republic of China.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wen Jiabao ranks 2,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdul Halim Khaddam, Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Artabanus II of Parthia, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. After him are Soong Mei-ling, Himiko, Tiglath-Pileser I, Sviatopolk I of Kiev, François Ravaillac, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Wen Jiabao ranks 57. Before him are Giancarlo Giannini, Sixto Rodriguez, The Iron Sheik, George Vella, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, and Conrad Schumann. After him are Bob Hoskins, John Irving, Margaret Court, Thabo Mbeki, Walter Hill, and Michael Bloomberg.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wen Jiabao ranks 159 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), Chenghua Emperor (1447), Liu Xiaobo (1955), Zhu De (1886), Hongzhi Emperor (1470), and Faxian (340). After him are Soong Mei-ling (1897), Wang Yangming (1472), Emperor Renzong of Song (1010), Tianqi Emperor (1605), Han Xin (-231), and Empress Wanrong (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wen Jiabao ranks 99. Before him are Emperor Huizong of Song (1082), Jiang Ziya (-1090), Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), Chenghua Emperor (1447), Zhu De (1886), and Hongzhi Emperor (1470). After him are Soong Mei-ling (1897), Emperor Renzong of Song (1010), Tianqi Emperor (1605), Empress Wanrong (1906), Kaidu (1230), and Bao Zheng (999).

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