Wang Ruilin
Wang Ruilin (Chinese: 王瑞林; January 1930 – 8 December 2018) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a long-term secretary of Deng Xiaoping and served as a member of the Central Military Commission.[1][2]
Wang Ruilin | |||||||||
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王瑞林 | |||||||||
| Member of the Central Military Commission | |||||||||
| In office December 1995 – March 2003 | |||||||||
| Chairman | Deng Xiaoping→Jiang Zemin | ||||||||
| Deputy Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department | |||||||||
| In office October 1992 – November 2002 | |||||||||
| Deputy Director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China | |||||||||
| In office February 1983 – April 1990 | |||||||||
| In office August 1993 – October 1997 | |||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | January 1930 Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China | ||||||||
| Died | December 8, 2018 (aged 88) Beijing, China | ||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1946–2003 | ||||||||
| Rank |  General (Shangjiang) | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 王瑞林 | ||||||||
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Career
Born in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, Wang joined PLA in 1946, and joined CPC in February 1947. He had served as secretary of Deng Xiaoping since 1952, when Deng was the vice premier of the State Council. When Deng re-emerged in the 1970s, Wang became his secretary again and held this post till Deng's retirement in 1990.[3]
From 1990 to 1995, he was the vice director of general office of CPC Central Committee, secretary of discipline commission of CMC and the vice director of PLA General Political Department, Deputy secretary of the party committee.[4] In 1995, he became a member of the CMC.[5] He attained the rank of lieutenant general in September 1988 and full general in June 1994.[1]
Wang was a member of 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committees of Communist Party of China.[1]
Wang died on 8 December 2018 in Beijing, at the age of 88.[1]
References
- Yue, Huairang (2018-12-09). "88岁中央军委原委员王瑞林逝世，曾长期担任邓小平同志秘书". The Paper. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1995). Daily report: People's Republic of China, Issues 202-203; Issues 205-207. National Technical Information Service. p. 25.
- Shambaugh, David L. (2004). Modernizing China's military: progress, problems, and prospects. University of California Press. pp. 44–46.
- "Zhongguo ren ming da ci dian" bian ji bu (1994). Who's who in China current leaders. Foreign Languages Press. p. 650.
- Wong, John; Yongnian Zheng (2002). China's post-Jiang leadership succession: problems and perspectives. World Scientific. p. 82.