Yin Kesheng (; March 1932 – 19 May 2011) was a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the 12th,

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and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the

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and a member of the Standing Committee of the

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Biography

Yin was born in Tong County,

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(now Tongzhou District, Beijing), in March 1932. He graduated from and Beijing Petroleum Institute (now China University of Petroleum). He entered the workforce in March 1949, and joined the

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(CCP) in June 1953. In 1956, he was assigned to the

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Provincial Petroleum Bureau, and eventually becoming its director in 1979. In February 1983, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. Two months later, he was appointed vice governor of Qinghai. In July 1985, he was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the province, and held that office until March 1997. He became deputy secretary of the in February 1997, and served until April 1998. In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the

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, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003. On 19 May 2011, he died from an illness in

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, at the age of 79.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Kesheng 1932 births 2011 deaths China University of Petroleum alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Beijing Chinese Communist Party politicians from Beijing Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party