Office1: | Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission |
Term Start1: | April 1990 |
Term End1: | July 1993 |
Predecessor1: | Guo Linxiang |
Successor1: | Zhou Ziyu |
Wang Ruilin | |
Native Name: | 王瑞林 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1930 |
Birth Place: | Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China |
Death Place: | Beijing, China |
Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Serviceyears: | 1946–2003 |
Rank: | General (Shangjiang) |
Battles: | Chinese Civil War |
Wang Ruilin (; 16 January 1930[1] – 8 December 2018) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a long-term secretary of Deng Xiaoping and served as a member of the Central Military Commission.[2] [3]
Born in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, Wang joined PLA in 1946, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1947. He had served as secretary of Deng Xiaoping since 1952, when Deng was the vice premier of the State Council. When Deng re-emerged in the 1970s, Wang became his secretary again and held this post till Deng's retirement in 1990.[4]
From 1990 to 1995, he was the vice director of General Office of the Chinese Communist Party, secretary of discipline commission of CMC and the vice director of PLA General Political Department, Deputy secretary of the party committee.[5] In 1995, he became a member of the CMC.[6] He attained the rank of lieutenant general in September 1988 and full general in June 1994.
Wang accompanied Deng on Deng's 1992 southern tour.[7]
Wang was a member of 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.
Wang died on 8 December 2018 in Beijing, at the age of 88.