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Li Keqiang
Li Keqiang was a Chinese politician and economist who served as premier of China from 2013 to 2023 and was the second-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2022.
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politics · Premier of China from 2013 to 2023 · politician · economist · also Li Keqiang, Léih Hāk-kèuhng, Lǐ Kèqiang, Li K'o-ch'iang, Keqiang
Born 1 July 1955 · Died 27 October 2023 · Q18111
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 8 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “US President Joe Biden ordered flags to be lowered in tribute to Li Keqiang's death” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video of China’s former premier Li Keqiang getting emergency treatment.” False.
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Newsday: Remains of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang to be cremated and flags to be lowered
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clickondetroit.com: Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, dies at 68
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Died 2023-10-27.
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New York Daily News: Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang dead at 68: report
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CNBC: China's former premier Li Keqiang has died, state media reports
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WSLS 10: The sudden death of China's former No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many
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2020· 1 entry
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang dines in Wuhan during his visit to the coronavirus epicentre” False.
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2015· 1 entry
Li and Modi took a selfie together at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing
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2014· 1 entry
“s reform directives, and that some governments meddle in affairs they shouldn”
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2013· 5 entries
Awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan (2013).
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“Provocations on the Korean Peninsula will harm the interests of all sides”
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Li became a leading figure of the government's reform implementation efforts
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And championed the policy of mass entrepreneurship and innovation
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Career landmark: Premier of the People's Republic of China (2013–2023).
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2008· 2 entries
Career landmark: Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (2008–2013).
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Which was intended to help the economy to rebound from the Sichuan earthquake as well as the Great Recession
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2007· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2022).
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Career landmark: member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (2007).
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1997· 2 entries
Whereby the premier ranked third, after the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, who ranked second
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Became a full member of the CCP Central Committee
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1995· 1 entry
Studied at Peking University, Doctor of Economics (1995).
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1993· 2 entries
Li proposed the CYLC's Youth Volunteers Operation, which recruits and channels volunteers into educational, social, and environmental projects
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Career landmark: First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China (1993–1998).
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1991· 1 entry
Was awarded the Sun Yefang Prize, China's highest prize in economics, in 1996
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1988· 1 entry
Returned to Peking University for graduate studies
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1983· 1 entry
As an alternate member of CYLC Central Committee's Secretariat, and worked closely with future Party General Secretary Hu Jintao, who also rose through the ranks of the CYLC
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1982· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Youth Central Committee (1982).
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Studied at Peking University, Bachelor of Laws (1978–1982).
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Li became the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) Committee Secretary at Peking University
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1978· 1 entry
Where he became the president of the university's student council
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1976· 1 entry
And became the party head of the local production team
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1974· 2 entries
Studied at Hefei No. 8 High School (1974).
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During the Cultural Revolution, and was sent for rural labour in an agriculture commune in Fengyang County, Anhui
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Hefei Nanmen Primary School (1962).
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-07-01.
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