Liu Yongqing | |
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| 刘永清 | |
_(cropped).jpg) Liu Yongqing in 2010 | |
| Spouse of theparamount leader ofChina | |
| In role 15 November 2002 – 15 November 2012 | |
| Paramount Leader | Hu Jintao |
| Preceded by | Wang Yeping |
| Succeeded by | Peng Liyuan |
| Spouse of the President of China | |
| In role 15 March 2003 – 14 March 2013 | |
| President | Hu Jintao |
| Preceded by | Wang Yeping |
| Succeeded by | Peng Liyuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1940-10-03)3 October 1940 (age 85) |
| Spouse | Hu Jintao |
| Children | Hu Haifeng (son) |
| Relatives | Chang Zhiqing (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Liu Yongqing | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉永清 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘永清 | ||||||
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Liu Yongqing (born 3 October 1940) is the wife ofHu Jintao, the formerGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party andPresident of the People's Republic of China. Traditionally, Liu Yongqing's role would be primarily domestic, but Liu often accompanied her husband on his official trips to foreign countries and made personal appearances at charities and cultural institutions all over the world.
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Liu Yongqing was born in 1940 inChongqing and attended Bashu High School. She met her husband atTsinghua University in Beijing. Later she worked for Beijing's city planning committee. As with her husband, Liu's life and background are not widely known among foreign observers. She received virtually no public attention beforeHu Jintao'sleadership. Hu himself has preferred to stay out of the public eye and tended to avoid publicity during his political career.[1]
Hu Jintao and Liu Yongqing have two grown children – a son namedHu Haifeng and a daughter named Hu Haiqing, both of whom were educated at theTsinghua University. Haifeng is a businessman. Haiqing was married in 2003, at the age of 33, to Mao Daolin.[2]
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| Preceded by | Spouse of theparamount leader 2002–2012 | Succeeded by |
| Spouse of the President of China 2003–2013 | ||
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1 wife ofZhu De /2 wife ofYe Jianying. Both wereChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, making their wives spouse of thede jure head of state under the1975 &1978 Constitutions |
