Yang Xizong (; September 1928
– 21 July 2007) was a politician of the
People's Republic of China
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. He served as Communist Party Chief of
Henan
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province and
Governor
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of
Sichuan
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province.
Biography
Yang Xizong was born in 1928 in
Dayi County
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,
Sichuan
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province. As a student at
Sichuan University
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during the 1940s he participated in revolutionary activities organized by the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP). He joined the CCP in September 1952.
In January 1963 Yang was appointed mayor of
Guanghan County in Sichuan, and in April 1966 he became the Communist Party Chief of Guanghan. He was persecuted during the
Cultural Revolution
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, but was rehabilitated in 1972, and served as mayor and party chief of
Pi County
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. In May 1979 he was promoted to party chief of
Wenjiang
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prefecture, Sichuan.
In January 1982 Yang became the deputy party chief of Sichuan province, and Governor of Sichuan in April 1983. He served as governor for two years before being transferred and promoted to
Communist Party Chief
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of
Henan
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province in May 1985. He held that position until 1990.
In February 1992 Yang Xizong became the Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress. He retired in November 1999 and died on 21 July 2007 in
Chengdu
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, aged 78.
Yang was an alternate member of the
12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the
13th Central Committee.
References
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1928 births
2007 deaths
Governors of Sichuan
CCP committee secretaries of Henan
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan
People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan
Sichuan University alumni
Politicians from Chengdu
Victims of the Cultural Revolution