Shi Liang (; March 27, 1900 – September 6, 1985) was a prominent lawyer and activist of the Republic of China. She was the only woman arrested in what was known as the
Seven Gentlemen Incident on the eve of
war with Japan in 1936. In 1949, she became the first
Minister of Justice
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of the
People's Republic of China
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.
Biography
Shi Liang was born in
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhen ...
,
Jiangsu
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in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and another six intellectuals were arrested by
Chiang Kai-shek’s government in 1936, in what is known as the
Seven Gentlemen Incident.
Shi was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.
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External links
Biography of Shi Liang
Profile of Shi Liang
1900 births
1985 deaths
20th-century Chinese women politicians
All-China Women's Federation people
Chairpersons of the China Democratic League
Members of the China Democratic League
Ministers of justice of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
Politicians from Changzhou
Vice chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Vice chairpersons of the National People's Congress
Women government ministers of China
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