The 3rd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1964 to 1975. It held only one session in the ten years due to the disruption caused by the ongoing
Cultural Revolution
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launched by
Chairman
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...
after 1966.
Seat distribution
On 22 August 1966, amidst the
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...
, all of the minor
democratic parties ceased operations after an ultimatum by the Beijing Middle School
Red Guards
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According to a ...
. They did not restore their operations until 1978.
The first session
The session was held from December 21, 1964, till January 4, 1965. The Congress elected the state leaders:
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Chairman of the People's Republic of China
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:
Liu Shaoqi
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Vice Chairmen of the People's Republic of China:
Soong Ching-ling and
Dong Biwu
Dong Biwu ( zh , c=董必武 , p=Dǒng Bìwǔ , w=Tung Pi-wu; 5 March 1886 – 2 April 1975) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and politician, who served as acting Chairman of the People's Republic of China between 1972 and 1975.
Early li ...
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Zhu De
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Zhu was born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan. He was adopted by a wealthy uncle at ...
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Premier of the State Council:
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...
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President of the Supreme People's Court
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Under the current constitution, the president of the SPC is appointed by and serves at the pleasu ...
:
Yang Xiufeng
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Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
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Under the current constitution, the procurator-general is appointed by and serves at t ...
:
Zhang Dingcheng
References
External links
Official website of the NPC
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