Zhao Zhihao (; born 20 November 1931) is a Chinese politician who served as

governor of Shandong The governor of Shandong, officially the Governor of the Shandong Provincial People's Government, is the head of the Shandong Provincial People's Government. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committe ...

from 1989 to 1995,

party secretary of Shandong The secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

from 1994 to 1997, and chairman of Shandong Provincial People's Congress from 1996 to 2002. He was a representative of the

13th In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the Musical note, note thirteen scale degrees from the root (chord), root of a chord (music), chord and also the interval (music), interval between the root and the thirteenth. The thirteenth is m ...

, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13 ...

. He was a delegate to the 7th and

8th National People's Congress The 8th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period. Seat distribution The first session Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in ...

. He was a member of the

14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions. It was preceded by the 13th Central Committee. It was elected by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...

Biography

Zhao was born in

Huang County Longkou (), formerly Huang County (), is a port city in northeastern Shandong province, China, facing the Bohai Sea to the north and the Laizhou Bay to the west. Longkou, a county-level city, is administered by the prefecture-level city of Yanta ...

(now Longkou),

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

, on 20 November 1931. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in January 1947. Beginning in 1958, he served in several posts in

Teng County Teng County or Tengxian (; ) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Wuzhou. , it had a population of 1,125,264 residing in an area of . The county is divided into a northern and sout ...

(now Tengzhou), including president of Teng County No. 3 High School, deputy head of Publicity Department of the CCP Teng County Committee, and

deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the depu ...

of Teng County. In August 1980, he was promoted to

party secretary In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chairman). In s ...

Wenshang County Wenshang County () is a county of southwestern Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches ...

, but having held the position for only two years. In July 1982, he was appointed party secretary of Qufu Normal University. He was appointed deputy secretary-general of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee, in addition to serving as director of the General Office. He was party secretary of

Zibo Zibo () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province of China, province, China. It borders the provincial capital Jinan to the west, Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Bi ...

in June 1985, and held that office until March 1989. He became vice governor of Shandong in February 1988, and then governor, beginning in February 1988. He rose to become party secretary in March 1989. He was chosen as

in October 1994, concurrently serving as chairman of Shandong Provincial People's Congress since February 1995.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Zhihao 1931 births Living people People from Longkou Governors of Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Members of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party