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Wu Bangguo

1941 - 2024

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Wu Bangguo (22 July 1941 – 8 October 2024) was a Chinese politician who served as the second-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012, and as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2013. Wu was an electrical engineer by profession, and rose to political prominence during his work in Shanghai. During the early 1980s, he was in charge of science and technology related work in Shanghai, where he worked with Jiang Zemin, then mayor and later Party secretary of the city, leading Wu to be affiliated with Jiang's political faction. He became Shanghai's party secretary in 1991, succeeding Zhu Rongji, leading him to assume a seat in the CCP Politburo in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wu Bangguo is the 11,706th most popular politician (down from 11,592nd in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from China (up from 769th in 2019) and the 388th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wu Bangguo ranks 11,706 out of 19,576. Before him are Ulanhu, Pietro IV Candiano, Winnaretta Singer, Qulpa, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, and Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him are Ivor Richard, Ithobaal I, Franz Blücher, Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, and Mart Laar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Wu Bangguo ranks 276. Before him are Ulf Merbold, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Tomaž Šalamun, Robert D. Putnam, Mike Love, and Airto Moreira. After him are Dragoljub Ojdanić, Andrea de Adamich, Dirk Frimout, Ignazio Giunti, Barbara Frischmuth, and Gorden Kaye. Among people deceased in 2024, Wu Bangguo ranks 232. Before him are Józef Szmidt, Frédéric Mitterrand, Peter Sinfield, Yukio Kasaya, William Calley, and Mircea Diaconu. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Roland Dumas, Frans Janssens, Galina Zybina, Michel Blanc, and Paul Josef Cordes.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu Bangguo ranks 746 out of 1,610. Before him are Chen Boda (1904), Wu Zhen (1280), Shen Congwen (1902), Dong Yuan (932), Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883), and Ulanhu (1906). After him are Bai Ling (1966), Zhang Gaoli (1946), Pei Xiu (224), Derek Parfit (1942), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), and Witness Lee (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wu Bangguo ranks 388. Before him are Xu Qiliang (1950), Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), Lien Chan (1936), Chen Boda (1904), Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883), and Ulanhu (1906). After him are Zhang Gaoli (1946), Pei Xiu (224), Wan Li (1916), Zhang Qun (1889), Meng Hongwei (1953), and Huang Fu (1883).

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