Li
Keqiang,
1955–2023, Chinese political leader. He became a member of the
Communist party while performing manual labor in the countryside during the
Cultural
Revolution. Li joined the Communist Youth League's central
secretariat in 1983, becoming general secretary (1993–98). He was
governor of Henan prov. (1998–2003) and chaired the Henan people's
congress (2003–5) and Liaonong people's congress (2005–7).
Named (2007) to the standing committee of the politburo, he became first
vice premier of China in 2008. He succeeded Wen Jiabao as premier in 2013, and was
reelected premier in 2018. In March, 2023, he stepped down from the
premiership under constitutional term limits.
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