Shen Daren | |
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| Party Secretary of Jiangsu | |
| In office December 1989 – September 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Han Peixin |
| Succeeded by | Chen Huanyou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1928 |
| Died | August 2, 2017 (aged 89) Beijing, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
Shen Daren (Chinese:沈达人; August 1928 – August 2, 2017) was a Chinese politician from Jiangsu province. He was best known for his terms as theChinese Communist Party Committee Secretary ofNingxia between 1986 and 1989 and party secretary of his home province between 1989 and 1993.
Shen grew up inChangzhou, Jiangsu. He began work as a technician at a textiles factory, where he rose through the ranks to become a supervisor, then deputy head of the factory. In 1960, he entered the apparat, serving in the textiles department of the city of Changzhou. In 1968, during theCultural Revolution, he becameRevolutionary Committee head of the Changzhou department of textiles industry. Following the Cultural Revolution, he was promoted to deputy party chief of Changzhou, then mayor, and then party chief. In 1983, he was elevated further to becomeDeputy Party Secretary of Jiangsu province. Three years later, he became party chief of theNingxia Hui Autonomous Region.[1]
In December 1989, Shen was transferred back to Jiangsu to become chief ofJiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He assumed the post of the Chairman of the Jiangsu People's Congress in 1993.[3]
Shen was a delegate to the8th National People's Congress (1993–1998) and9th National People's Congress (1998–2003).[4][5]
Shen died on August 2, 2017, in Nanjing. The party assigned him standard honors of a deceased comrade. In his official obituary, the party mentioned his "commitment to party unity" during the "political storm between the spring and summer of 1989", a euphemism for thedemocracy movement.[6] His funeral was attended by Jiangsu party chiefLi Qiang and GovernorWu Zhenglong; he received wreaths and condolences fromXi Jinping,Li Keqiang,Jiang Zemin,Hu Jintao,Li Peng and his wife Zhu Lin, and a long list of other retired and incumbent officials.[7]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Li Xuezhi | Party Secretary of Ningxia 1986–1989 | Succeeded by Huang Huang |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Jiangsu 1989–1993 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Han Peixin | People's Congress Chairman of Jiangsu 1993–1998 | Succeeded by Chen Huanyou |