Li Keqiang

Politician

1955 –

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Who is Li Keqiang?

Li Keqiang is the current Premier of the People's Republic of China and party secretary of the State Council. An economist by training, Li is China's head of government as well as the leading figure behind its economic policy. He is also the second ranked member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body of the country. From 2008 to 2013, Li served as the First Vice-Premier under then-Premier Wen Jiabao. During this tenure, Li's official portfolio included economic development, price controls, finance, climate change, and macroeconomic management.

Li rose through the party ranks through the Communist Youth League. From 1998 to 2004, Li served as the Governor of Henan and the province's Party secretary, and then the Liaoning party secretary, an office that made him first-in-charge in that province. Li is a leading figure in the "fifth generation" of Communist Party leadership.

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Born
Jul 1, 1955
Dingyuan County
Spouses
Religion
  • Atheism
Ethnicity
  • Han Chinese
Nationality
  • China
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Laws, Peking University
  • Doctorate of Economics, Peking University
Lived in
  • Anhui
  • Zhongnanhai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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