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Yang Shangkun
PinyinYáng Shàngkun
Simplified Chinese杨尚昆
Traditional Chinese楊尚昆
Order:2nd President
Term of Office: April 8, 1988 - March 27 1993
Predecessor: Li Xiannian
Successor: Jiang Zemin
Date of Birth: 1907
Date of Death: September 14, 1998
Place of Birth: Tongnan , Sichuan, China
Wife: Li Bozhao
Political PartyA political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. In party-list proportional representation, parties (and sometimes multi-party cartels) can play a functional role in the voting system.: CommunistThe Communist Party of China ( Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo Gongchndng) is the ruling party of the People's Republic of China. The party was founded in 1921, and fought the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil War.

Yáng Shàngkun ( 1907 - September 14, 1998) was President of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and was permanent Vice-chair of the Central Military Commission.

Extremely influential in the People's Liberation Army, he was removed by "Paramount Leader" Deng Xiaoping in 1992 for attempting to replace Jiang Zemin as party leader. It was known that the Yang and his brother, Yang Baibing, had many supporters and allies in the military that their removal forced more than half of the top ranking officers into retirement.

He is considered as one of the Eight Immortals of Communist China.

See also: Politics of China


Preceded by:
Li Xiannian
President of the People's Republic of China
1988-1993
Followed by:
Jiang Zemin


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