Jiang Hua (August 1, 1907 – December 24, 1999) was a Chinese politician and President of the Supreme People's Court of China.

Biography

Jiang Hua was born in Jianghua,

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

. He was the First Secretary of the

Communist Party of China 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 Civil ...

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 Jiang ...

, and was the President of the Supreme People's Court from 1975 to 1983. He was largely visible during the sentencing of the

Gang of Four The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...

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1907 births 1999 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan Politicians from Yongzhou Presidents of the Supreme People's Court Mayors of Hangzhou 20th-century Chinese judges Secretaries to Mao Zedong {{China-politician-stub