Wang Shengjun (; born October 15, 1946 in
Suzhou, Anhui
Suzhou () formerly romanized as Suchow is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui province. It borders the prefectural cities of Huaibei and Bengbu to the southwest and south respectively, the provinces of Jiangsu to the east, Shandong to t ...
) is a retired Chinese politician who was the President of the
Supreme People's Court
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of China from March 2008 to March 2013.
Biography
He joined the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP) in 1972.
Wang was appointed as the Secretary General of the
Central Political and Legislative Committee in 1998. He was the member of the
16th,
17th and
18th
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In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect numb ...
CCP Central Committees. Wang has no formal legal training.
Biography of Wang Shengjun
/ref> During his presidency, he emphasized the "Three Supremes The Three Supremes () is a doctrine first articulated by General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao in December 2007, which requires the judiciary to subordinate the written law to the interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ...
" doctrine articulated by CCP general secretary Hu Jintao
Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, and ...
.
He was a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress between 2013 and 2018.
References
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1946 births
Living people
20th-century Chinese judges
21st-century Chinese judges
Chairperson and vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui
Chinese police officers
Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui
Politicians from Suzhou, Anhui
Presidents of the Supreme People's Court