Liu Yunshan | |
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刘云山 | |
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First-ranked Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office 15 November 2012 – 25 October 2017 | |
General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
Preceded by | Xi Jinping |
Succeeded by | Wang Huning |
President of the Central Party School | |
In office 15 January 2013 – 25 October 2017 | |
Deputy | He Yiting |
Preceded by | Xi Jinping |
Succeeded by | Chen Xi |
Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization | |
In office 18 January 2013 – 25 October 2017 | |
Deputy | Liu Yandong Liu Qibao Guo Jinlong |
Preceded by | Li Changchun |
Succeeded by | Wang Huning |
Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office 24 October 2002 – 21 November 2012 | |
Deputy | Ji Bingxuan (2003–2008) Luo Shugang (2008–2012) |
General Secretary | Hu Jintao |
Preceded by | Ding Guangen |
Succeeded by | Liu Qibao |
Personal details | |
Born | July 1947 (age 77) Salaqi County, Suiyuan, Republic of China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1971–) |
Alma mater | Jining Teachers College |
Liu Yunshan (/ljoʊ jʊnˈʃɑːn/;[1] simplified Chinese: 刘云山; traditional Chinese: 劉雲山; pinyin: Liú Yúnshān; born July 1947) is a retired Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the top decision-making body of the CCP, between 2012 and 2017; he was broadly tasked with the work of the party's secretariat, overseeing propaganda and ideological indoctrination, as well as party organization, in addition to serving as President of the Central Party School.[2]
Liu built his career in Inner Mongolia, working initially as a teacher, then a Xinhua reporter, before entering the Communist Youth League and the Inner Mongolia party propaganda department. He had a short stint working as the Party Secretary of the city of Chifeng, in Inner Mongolia. Between 2002 and 2012, Liu served as the head of the Central Propaganda Department.
Liu, generally perceived by observers to be a conservative and orthodox Communist, oversaw the gradual tightening of internet controls in China during his tenure, as well as an overall reduction in free discourse and civil society. He retired in 2017.