He Dongchang
He Dongchang | |||||||
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何东昌 | |||||||
Minister of Education | |||||||
In office April 1982 – June 1985 | |||||||
Premier | Zhao Ziyang | ||||||
Preceded by | Jiang Nanxiang | ||||||
Succeeded by | Li Peng | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | April 1923 Zhuji, Zhejiang, China | ||||||
Died | 23 January 2014(2014-01-23) (aged 90) Beijing, China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma mater | National Southwestern Associated University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 何东昌 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 何東昌 | ||||||
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He Dongchang (Chinese: 何东昌; April 1923 – 23 January 2014) was a Chinese politician who served as minister of education from 1982 to 1985.[1]
He was a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Early life and education
He was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, in April 1923.[1] In 1941, he enrolled at National Southwestern Associated University, where he majored in the Department of Aeronautics.[1]
Career
After graduation in 1947, he taught at Peiyang University (now Tianjin University).[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August of the same year.[1] A year later, he moved to Tsinghua University, where he presided over the establishment of the Department of Engineering Physics and also served as the department head.[1] In the winter of 1973, he waslabeled as "a representative figure of the bourgeois restoration forces" (资产阶级复辟势力代表人物) by Chi Qun, and later reinstated in 1977.[1][2] After the Cultural Revolution, he continued to work at Tsinghua University, where he was promoted to deputy party secretary in May 1977 and to vice president in 1978.[1]
In April 1982, he was appointed minister of education, in addition to serving as president of the Open University Of China since September 1984.[1]
On 23 January 2014, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 90.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Chang Xuemei (常雪梅); Cheng Hongyi (程宏毅) (19 February 2014). 何东昌同志逝世. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Fang Huijian (方惠坚); Zhang Sijing (张思敬), eds. (2011). 清华大学志 [Annals of Tsinghua University] (in Chinese). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. ISBN 9787302043195.
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Preceded by Jiang Nanxiang | Minister of Education 1982–1985 | Succeeded by |