Ma Zhongchen ( Chinese: 马忠臣; September 1936 – ) is a politician from the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. Ma was born in Taian,

Shandong Province Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizatio ...

, and joined the

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(CCP) in 1956. In 1966, Ma became the vice Party chief of Taian County, Shandong. In June 1976, he became the Party chief and chairman of revolutionary commission of Zhangqiu County, Shandong. In December 1992, Ma was appointed as the vice secretary of CCP

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...

Committee, and the acting governor of Henan. He was confirmed as the governor of Henan in April, 1993. In March, 1998, Ma was elevated to the secretary of CCP Henan Committee. Ma was an alternate member of 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of CCP, and a full member of 15th Central Committee.

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1936 births Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Politicians from Tai'an Governors of Henan CCP committee secretaries of Henan {{China-politician-stub