Yang Yichen (; March 31, 1914 – June 28, 1997) was a politician of the

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Biography

Yang Yichen was born in Faku County,

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

in 1914. After the

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, Yang was the Secretary of the CPC

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Committee. He was the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate from 1983 to 1988. Yang was a member of the

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and

12th CPC Central Committee 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 ...

from 1977 to 1987. Yang Yichen died in

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on June 28, 1997.Memorial service to Yang Yichen
''

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'', July 8, 1997, Section 1.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Yichen 1914 births 1997 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Politicians from Shenyang Governors of Heilongjiang Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate