Xu Jiatun
Xu Jiatun | |
|---|---|
许家屯 | |
| Party Secretary of Jiangsu | |
| In office February 1977 – April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Peng Chong |
| Succeeded by | Han Peixin |
| Governor of Jiangsu | |
| In office February 1977 – December 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Peng Chong |
| Succeeded by | Hui Yuyu |
| Director of the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch | |
| In office 1983–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Kuang |
| Succeeded by | Zhou Nan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1916 |
| Died | 29 June 2016 (aged 100) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party (until 1991) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Xu Jiatun (Chinese: 许家屯; 10 March 1916 – 29 June 2016) was a Chinese politician and dissident. He was the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Jiangsu Province from 1977 to 1983 and the Governor of Jiangsu from 1977 to 1979. After sympathizing with the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests, he left the country and lived in self-exile in the United States.