Wang Ruilin (; January 1930 – 8 December 2018) was a general of the Chinese

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

(PLA). He was a long-term secretary of

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CC ...

and served as a member of the Central Military Commission.

Career

Born in Zhaoyuan,

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

, Wang joined PLA in 1946, and joined CPC in February 1947. He had served as secretary of

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. 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 The People's Liberation Army General Political Department (GPD; ) was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party. It led all political activities in the People's Liberation Army. Its forme ...

, Deputy secretary of the party committee. In 1995, he became a member of the CMC. He attained the rank of lieutenant general in September 1988 and full general in June 1994. Wang was a member of 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committees of Communist Party of China. Wang died on 8 December 2018 in Beijing, at the age of 88.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Ruilin 1930 births 2018 deaths People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Politicians from Yantai People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party