Yang Xizong (; September 1928 – 21 July 2007) was a politician of the

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. He served as Communist Party Chief of

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province and

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Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province.

Biography

Yang Xizong was born in 1928 in Dayi County,

province. As a student at Sichuan University during the 1940s he participated in revolutionary activities organized by the

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(CCP). He joined the CCP in September 1952. In January 1963 Yang was appointed mayor of Guanghan County in Sichuan, and in April 1966 he became the Communist Party Chief of Guanghan. He was persecuted during the

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, but was rehabilitated in 1972, and served as mayor and party chief of Pi County. In May 1979 he was promoted to party chief of Wenjiang prefecture, Sichuan. In January 1982 Yang became the deputy party chief of Sichuan province, and Governor of Sichuan in April 1983. He served as governor for two years before being transferred and promoted to

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province in May 1985. He held that position until 1990. In February 1992 Yang Xizong became the Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress. He retired in November 1999 and died on 21 July 2007 in

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

, aged 78. Yang was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 13th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Xizong 1928 births 2007 deaths Governors of Sichuan CCP committee secretaries of Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Sichuan University alumni Politicians from Chengdu Victims of the Cultural Revolution