Chen Kuiyuan

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Chen Kuiyuan
陈奎元
Chen Kuiyuan
Party Secretary of Henan
In office October 2000 – December 2002
Preceded by	Ma Zhongchen
Succeeded by	Li Keqiang
Party Secretary of Tibet
In office 1 December 1992 – 16 October 2000
Preceded by	Hu Jintao
Succeeded by	Guo Jinlong
Personal details
Born	January 1941 (age 84) Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Kuíyuán

Chen Kuiyuan (simplified Chinese: 陈奎元; traditional Chinese: 陳奎元; pinyin: Chén Kuíyuán; born January 1941) is a former Chinese politician. In a lengthy public career, Chen served variously as the vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),^[1] the president and the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and CCP Committee Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Henan. He retired in 2013.

Born in

In January 1992, Chen was transferred to Tibet Autonomous Region and became the deputy secretary of Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In November of that year, Chen succeeded Hu Jintao as the secretary of CCP Tibet Committee, essentially the top official of Tibet.^[3]

In 2000, he was transferred to Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party as party secretary.^[4] In December 2002, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party decided to appoint Li Keqiang to replace Chen as Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee.^[5]

In January 2003, he moved up to the central government to become president and party secretary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In March 2003, at the first session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Chen Kuiyuan was elected vice-chairman of the 10th CPPCC, and was reelected in March 2008; in April 2013, he stepped down as president and secretary of the CPC Central Committee of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and was succeeded by Wang Weiguang.^[6]

Chen was a member of 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[7][8]