Jiang Zhuping (; born November 1937) is a Chinese retired aerospace engineer and politician. He served as Director of the

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and

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and Party Secretary of Hubei.

Biography

Jiang Zhuping was born in November 1937 in Yixing,

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

Province. He is the son of Jiang Nanxiang, who served as education minister of China. He joined the work force in 1956 and the

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in 1960. He graduated in 1963 from the Harbin Military Engineering Institute with a degree in Guided Missile Engineering. After graduation Jiang worked as an engineer at the No. 5 National Defense Institute, and later became deputy director of the aircraft design institute of the Nanchang Aircraft Factory in

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and party secretary of a division of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. In 1985, he was appointed Executive Vice-Governor of Jiangxi Province, and in 1988 he became concurrently

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of Jiangxi. He served in both positions until 1991. From February 1991 to December 1993, he served as Director of the

. He then served as Governor of

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

Province from 1995 to January 2001, and as Party Secretary of Hubei from December 2000 to December 2001. Jiang was a member of the 14th and the 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Zhuping 1937 births Living people Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu People from Yixing Governors of Hubei Vice-governors of Jiangxi Directors of the Civil Aviation Administration of China Harbin Engineering University alumni Chinese aerospace engineers Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Engineers from Jiangsu Politicians from Wuxi