2nd National People's Congress
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The 2nd National People's Congress
was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four plenary sessions in this period.
The first plenary session was held in April 1959. The Congress elected the state leaders:
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress , abbreviated NPC , is the highest state body and the only legislative house in the People's Republic of China. The National People's Congress is held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China; with 2,987 members, it is the...
was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four plenary sessions in this period.
The first plenary session was held in April 1959. The Congress elected the state leaders:
- Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Liu ShaoqiLiu ShaoqiLiu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...
- Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Song Qingling, Dong BiwuDong BiwuDong Biwu was a Chinese communist political leader during the regime of Mao Zedong.-Biography:Dong Biwu was born in Huanggang, Hubei. He was the President of China from 1948 to 1949 and Acting President from 1968 until 17 January 1975 when Zhu De became the succeeding Chairman of the Standing...
- Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Zhu DeZhu DeZhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...
- Premier of the State Council: Zhou EnlaiZhou EnlaiZhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...
- President of the Supreme People's Court: Xie JuezaiXie JuezaiXie Juezai was a Chinese politician and the President of the Supreme People's Court of China.-Biography:Xie Juezai was born in Ningxiang, Hunan...
- Procurator-General of the Supreme People's ProcuratorateSupreme People's ProcuratorateThe Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest agency at the national level responsible for both prosecution and investigation in the People's Republic of China...
: Zhang DingchengZhang Dingcheng-Biography:Zhang Dingcheng was born in Yongding County, Fujian in 1898. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927.Zhang was the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate from 1954 to 1975.-External links:...