Yang Shangkun (5 July 1907 – 14 September 1998) was President of the People’s Republic of China from 1988 to 1993 and was a powerful Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission. He married Li Bozhao in 1929 one of the few women to participate in the Long March as did Yang.Yang attended university in Shanghai before studying Marxist theory in Moscow making him one of the most well-educated leaders of the early Chinese Communist Party.
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active years end date
1975-01-13, 1993-03-15, 1993-03-27
active years start date
1964-12-21, 1988-03-25, 1988-04-08
birth date
1907-07-05
birth place
Qing dynasty, Sichuan, Chongqing, Tongnan County
death date
1998-09-14
death place
China, Beijing
office
Member of the, National People's Congress, 7th Mayor of Guangzhou
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