Tan Qilong

谭启龙Communist Party Secretary of SichuanIn office
March 1980 – February 1983Preceded byZhao ZiyangSucceeded byYang RudaiCommunist Party Secretary of QinghaiIn office
1977–1979Preceded byLiu XianquanSucceeded byLiang ButingCommunist Party Secretary of ZhejiangIn office
May 1973 – February 1977Preceded byNan PingSucceeded byTie YingIn office
September 1952 – August 1954Preceded byTan ZhenlinSucceeded byJiang HuaCommunist Party Secretary of ShandongIn office
1961–1967Preceded byZeng XishengSucceeded byWang Xiaoyu Personal detailsBornJanuary 3, 1913
Yongxin County, Jiangxi, ChinaDiedJanuary 22, 2003(2003-01-22) (aged 90)
Jinan, Shandong, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartySpouseYan Yongjie (严永洁)^[1]

Tan Qilong (Chinese: 谭启龙; 3 January 1913 – 22 January 2003) was a politician in the People's Republic of China. Over his long career, he served as the Communist Party Chief, the top government official, of four different provinces: Zhejiang (twice), Shandong, Qinghai, and Sichuan. He also served as Governor of Zhejiang, Shandong, and Qinghai.^[2]

Tan was born in Yongxin County, Jiangxi province on 3 January 1913 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1933. He was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution but was rehabilitated in 1970 and served in Fujian province. He died on 22 January 2003 in Jinan, Shandong.^[2]

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