Rui Xingwen (; 1 April 1927 – 5 June 2005) was a Chinese politician who served as the

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Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

from 1985 to 1987, and as a member of the Secretariat of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party beginning in 1987. He was born in Lianshui County,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

, and joined the

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in 1945. He died prior to an illness on 5 June 2005.

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{{CPC Secretariat 1927 births 2005 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu People from Huai'an Political office-holders in Shanghai Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party Secretaries of the Communist Party Shanghai Committee