Ge Hongsheng ( Chinese: 葛洪升;

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: Gě Hóngshēng; 1931 – 30 January 2020) was a politician of the

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, and the former

Governor of Zhejiang The politics of Zhejiang Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China. The Governor of Zhejiang is the highest-ranking official in the People's ...

Early life

In 1931, Ge was born in Jü County,

Shandong Province 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 civilizatio ...

, China.

Career

Ge joined the

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in 1948. In 1988, he was elected the vice secretary of CPC Zhejiang committee. In November, 1990, Ge was appointed as vice governor and the acting governor of Zhejiang. He was confirmed as governor in March 1991 and served in this post till February 1993. In March 1998, Ge was elected vice director of Finance and Economic Committee of

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election resul ...

. Ge was an alternate member of 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and a standing committee member of 9th National People's Congress. He died on 30 January 2020, aged 88.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ge, Hongsheng 1931 births 2020 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Politicians from Rizhao Governors of Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong