Song Zhaosu Explained

Office1:Chairman of Gansu Provincial People's Congress
Term Start1:2003
Term End1:2003
Predecessor1:Lu Kejian
Successor1:Su Rong
Office2:Communist Party Committee Secretary of Gansu
Term Start2:January 2001
Term End2:August 2003
Predecessor2:Sun Ying
Successor2:Su Rong
Office3:Governor of Gansu
Term Start3:January 1999
Term End3:January 2001
Predecessor3:Sun Ying
Successor3:Lu Hao
Song Zhaosu
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:March 1941
Birth Place:Nanyang County, Henan, China
Death Place:Shanghai, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Zhengzhou University
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Sòng Zhàosù

Song Zhaosu (; March 1941 – 25 July 2022) was a Chinese politician.

Early life and education

He was born in Nanyang, Henan. He graduated from Zhengzhou University in 1964 and a year later joined the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Career

Song Zhaosu had started his political career as the head of the Organization Department of Zhoukou District Committee in Zhoukou, Henan province. Later on, he served as deputy secretary of the Shangshui County Committee and then was its magistrate and secretary of Taikang County. Following that he became a secretary of both Zhoukou and Xuchang districts as well as of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Political and Legal Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee. In 1988 he became a member of the Standing Committee and then was appointed vice-governor of his home province.[2] Zhaosu was then appointed a governor and served there from 1999 to 2001 and from that year till 2003 was a Communist Party Committee Secretary of Gansu. On 22 April 2002, he was elected as the secretary of the provincial party committee at the 10th meeting of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee. From January 2003 to August of the same year, he served as the director of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress. In August 2003, he served as deputy director of the 10th People's Congress Environment and Resources Protection Committee.

He also served as an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a member of its 16th Central Committee. In March 2005, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress.[1]

Death

On 25 July 2022, he died from an illness in Shanghai, at the age of 81.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://m.sohu.com/n/224679407/. zh:宋照肅简历. Sohu. 5 March 2002. zh. 26 November 2018.
  2. News: http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/archive/136569.htm. zh:宋照肃当选中共甘肃省委书记. Song Zhaosu was elected secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee. China Internet Information Center. Xinhua News Agency. 23 April 2002. 26 November 2018.
  3. News: zh:宋照肃同志逝世 . http://www.sohu.com/a/573189951_267106 . 31 July 2022 . Sohu . 31 July 2022 . zh.