Peng Peiyun
Peng Peiyun (Simplified Chinese: 彭珮云; born 1929 at Liuyang, Hunan Province, China) is a Chinese politician.[1]
Peng Peiyun | |
|---|---|
| 彭珮云 | |
| Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Qian Zhengying |
| Succeeded by | Hua Jianmin |
| President of the All-China Women's Federation | |
| In office 1998–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Muhua |
| Succeeded by | Gu Xiulian |
| Chairperson of National Family Planning Commission | |
| In office January 1988 – March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Wei (王伟) |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Weiqing (张维庆) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1929 Liuyang, Hunan, Republic of China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1946–2009) |
| Spouse | Wang Hanbin |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
Biography Edit
Peng was admitted to the National Southwestern Associated University at 15. She graduated from Qinghua University and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1946. She held several positions in the CCP branches in public education institutions. She was assigned to the deputy secretary of the CCP committee in Beijing University before she was denounced by Nie Yuanzi, demoted and sent to the countryside in the Cultural Revolution.[2][3]
Peng was rehabilitated near the end of the Cultural Revolution. She entered the Ministry of Education and became the vice minister before she was assigned the Minister of the National Family Planning Commission. In 1993 she became a member of the State Council. In 1998, she was elected the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation.[4] In 1999, she was elected the Chairperson of the Red Cross Society of China. She was reelected to the same position in 2004.
Peng was elected as a delegate to the 12th and 13th CCP National Congresses and to the 14th and 15th CCP Central Committees.
Personal life Edit
Peng married Wang Hanbin, a Chinese politician who was also elected the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and CCP Central Committee. The couple have four children.
References Edit
- ^ "Biography of Peng Peiyun". China Vitae. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution By Guo Jian, Yongyi Song, Yuan Zhou, Rowman & Littlefield, Sep 30, 2009, page 219
- ^ *Dong, Guoqiang (2010). "The First Uprising of the Cultural Revolution at Nanjing University". Journal of Cold War Studies. 12 (3): 30–49. doi:10.1162/JCWS_a_00002. S2CID 57565293.
- ^ Peng Peiyun's Women's Work: Equality, Development and Peace, by Peng Peiyun, China Women Publishing House, 2005, Abstract