Wang Chaowen (; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of

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ethnicity who served as

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from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998. He was a member of the 12th, 13th and

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. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the

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and

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Biography

Wang was born in

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, in October 1930. He entered the workforce in December 1949, and joined the

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(CCP) in July 1951. He was first party secretary of Shibing County in September 1956, and held that office until January 1960. He served as deputy secretary of Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

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in February 1960, and was promoted to the secretary position in June 1973. In 1966, the

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broke out, he was removed from office and effectively sidelined, but soon reinstated in December 1969. In September 1977, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In January 1980, he became vice governor of Guizhou, rising to

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in April 1983. He also served as

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from March 1985 to November 1993. In January 1994, he became chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, a post he kept until January 1998. In March 1998, he took office as chairperson of the

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, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Chaowen 1930 births Living people People from Huangping County Miao people Governors of Guizhou People's Republic of China politicians from Guizhou Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guizhou Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee