Huo Shilian () (April 1909 – November 17, 1996) was a

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

politician. He was born in

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-leve ...

Province. He was

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

from February 1979 to March 1981. He was

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

(CCP) Committee Secretary of Shanxi (1980–1983) and

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

(1965–1967). He was governor of

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

. He was CCP Committee Secretary and Chairmen of

Ningxia Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1 ...

(1977–1979). He was a member of the

11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in a 5-year session from 1977 to 1982. The 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party preceded it. It held seven plenary sessions in the 5-year period. It was formally succe ...

12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987. It held seven plenary sessions. It was securely succeeded by the 13th Central Committee. It elected the 12th Politburo of the Chinese ...

and the

Central Advisory Commission The Central Advisory Commission () (CAC) was a body of the Chinese Communist Party that existed during the era of the paramount leadership of Deng Xiaoping. The body was supposed to provide "political assistance and consultation" to the Party' ...

. He was a delegate to the

1st National People's Congress The 1st National People's Congress () was in session from 1954 to 1959. It held four sessions in this period. There were 1226 deputies to the Congress. These were the first legislative elections to take place after the founding of the People's R ...

2nd National People's Congress The 2nd National People's Congress () was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four sessions in this period. Elections to the Congress Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People' ...

3rd National People's Congress The 3rd National People's Congress () was in session from 1964 to 1975. It held only one session in the ten years. The session was held from December 21, 1964, till January 4, 1965. The Congress elected the state leaders: *President of the Peo ...

4th National People's Congress The 4th National People's Congress () was in session from 1975 to 1978. It held only one session, in January 1975. There were 2864 deputies to this Congress. The Congress passed the 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. Elected st ...

and

5th National People's Congress The 5th National People's Congress () was in session from 1978 to 1983. It succeeded the 4th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period. The Congress passed the 1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China ...

. He was President of

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

(1953-1958). He left the public eye in 1987. He died in

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at the age of 87.霍士廉简历

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