Shen Jilan
Chinese politician
Shen Jilan (Chinese: 申纪兰; 29 December 1929 – 28 June 2020) was a Chinese politician. She was a member of the Communist Party of China. She was elected to the 1st National People's Congress in 1954, and had been re-elected for all the subsequent sittings of the National People's Congress over the next 65 years. She was known as the world's longest serving congresswoman.[1][2][3][4]
Shen Jilan | |||||||||
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申纪兰 | |||||||||
 Shen Jilan | |||||||||
| Delegate to the National People's Congress | |||||||||
| In office 15 September 1954 – 28 June 2020 | |||||||||
| Chairman | Liu Shaoqi→Zhu De→Song Qingling (acting)→Ye Jianying→Peng Zhen→Wan Li→Qiao Shi→Li Peng→Wu Bangguo→Zhang Dejiang→Li Zhanshu | ||||||||
| Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Changzhi People's Congress | |||||||||
| In office 1983–1993 | |||||||||
| Director of the Shanxi Women's Federation | |||||||||
| In office 1973–1983 | |||||||||
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| Born | 29 December 1929 Pingshun County, Shanxi, China | ||||||||
| Died | 28 June 2020 (aged 90) Changzhi, Shanxi, China | ||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||
| Parents | Song Jinshui (father) Wu Quanxiang (mother) Shen Hengtai (stepfather) | ||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 申紀蘭 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 申纪兰 | ||||||||
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Shen died on 28 June 2020 at the age of 90, from stomach cancer[5][6]
References
change- ↑ 人民日报撰文掌声送给申纪兰 称选民对其信任. Sina. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ "89-year-old woman becomes China's only 13-time NPC deputy". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ "Shen Jilan, the world's longest-serving congresswoman". China.org.cn. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ "An army of 'yes-men': China's People's Congress". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ 申紀蘭逝世 66次出席人大兩會被稱人大「活化石」、「舉手機器」 (in Chinese)
- ↑ "全国人大代表申纪兰逝世". The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
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