Peng Peiyun
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Peng Peiyun | |||||||
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Bành bội vân | |||||||
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Chairperson of theRed Cross Society of China | |||||||
In office 1999–2009 | |||||||
Preceded by | Qian Zhengying | ||||||
Succeeded by | Hua Jianmin | ||||||
President of theAll-China Women's Federation | |||||||
In office 1998–2003 | |||||||
Preceded by | Chen Muhua | ||||||
Succeeded by | Gu Xiulian | ||||||
Chairperson ofNational Family Planning Commission | |||||||
In office January 1988 – March 1998 | |||||||
Preceded by | Wang Wei | ||||||
Succeeded by | Zhang Weiqing | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | December 1929 (age 94) Liuyang,Hunan,Republic of China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party(1946–2009) | ||||||
Spouse | Wang Hanbin | ||||||
Children | 2 sons | ||||||
Alma mater | Tsinghua University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | BànhBộiVân | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | BànhBộiVân | ||||||
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Peng Peiyun(Chinese:Bành bội vân;born December 1929) is a Chinese politician.[1]
Biography
[edit]Peng was born inLiuyang,Hunan,in December 1929. She was admitted to theNational Southwestern Associated Universityat 15. She graduated fromQinghua Universityand joined theChinese 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 inBeijing Universitybefore she was denounced byNie Yuanzi,demoted and sent to the countryside in theCultural Revolution.[2][3]
Peng was rehabilitated near the end of the Cultural Revolution. She entered theMinistry of Educationand became the vice minister before she was assigned the Minister of theNational Family Planning Commission.In 1993 she became a member of theState Council.In 1998, she was elected the Vice Chairperson of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congressand the Chairwoman of theAll-China Women's Federation.[4]In 1999, she was elected the Chairperson of theRed Cross Society of China.She was reelected to the same position in 2004.
Peng was elected as a delegate to the 12th and 13thCCP National Congressesand to the14thand15thCCP Central Committees.
Personal life
[edit]Peng marriedWang 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.Retrieved28 December2010.
- ^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.S2CID57565293.
- ^Peng Peiyun's Women's Work: Equality, Development and Peace, by Peng Peiyun, China Women Publishing House, 2005, Abstract
- 1929 births
- Living people
- Tsinghua University alumni
- Politicians from Changsha
- People of the Cultural Revolution
- People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan
- Women state councillors of China
- Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress
- All-China Women's Federation people
- Red Cross Society of China personnel