Liu Jianzhang (; 1910 – February 14, 2008) was a politician of the
People's Republic of China
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and a former
Minister of Railways
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of China. Liu previously served as the vice president, but then saw approximately 5 years in jail without trial. He was released when his wife wrote to
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...
who personally had him freed in 1972.
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1910 births
2008 deaths
People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei
Politicians from Hengshui
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei
Inmates of Qincheng Prison
Ministers of railways of the People's Republic of China