Liu Yandong
Liu Yandong | |
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| 刘延东 | |
Liu in 2016 | |
| Vice Premier of China | |
| In office March 16, 2013 – March 19, 2018 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang |
| State Councilor of China | |
| In office March 17, 2008 – March 16, 2013 | |
| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Head of the United Front Work Department | |
| In office December 5, 2002 – December 2, 2007 | |
| General Secretary | Hu Jintao |
| Preceded by | Wang Zhaoguo |
| Succeeded by | Du Qinglin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1945 (age 80) |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Signature | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘延东 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉延東 | ||||||
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Liu Yandong (Chinese: 刘延东; born November 1945) is a retired Chinese politician. She recently served as the Vice Premier of China, and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2007 to 2017, a State Councilor between 2007 and 2012, and was head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party between 2002 and 2007.
A graduate of Tsinghua University, Liu's career has long been associated with her fellow alumnus and Communist Youth League colleague Hu Jintao. As such Chinese-language media has sometimes labelled Liu as part of the so-called "Tuanpai", or "Youth League clique". After the retirement of Vice Premier Wu Yi, Liu was the highest-ranked female political figure in China, and one of only three women to have had a seat on the Politburo, the others being Wu and retired second Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.