Li Jianguo
李建国
First Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 14 March 2013 – 18 March 2018
Chairman	Zhang Dejiang
Preceded by	Wang Zhaoguo
Succeeded by	Wang Chen
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 18 March 2008 – 14 March 2013
Chairman	Wu Bangguo
Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
In office March 2013 – March 2018
Preceded by	Wang Zhaoguo
Succeeded by	Wang Dongming
Communist Party Secretary of Shandong
In office 2007–2008
Preceded by	Zhang Gaoli
Succeeded by	Jiang Yikang
Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi
In office 1997–2007
Preceded by	An Qiyuan
Succeeded by	Zhao Leji
Personal details
Born	April 1946 (1946-04) (age 77) Juancheng County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shandong University

Li Jianguo (Chinese: 李建国; pinyin: Lǐ Jiànguó; born April 1946) is a retired Chinese politician who served as a member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress, and Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. He was formerly Communist Party Chief of Shaanxi and Shandong provinces; he also served as the Secretary-General of the National People's Congress.^[1]

Biography

Born in Juancheng County, Shandong Province, Li graduated from department of Chinese literature of Shandong University, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1971. In his early years, he served in various posts in Tianjin, and used to be the secretary of Li Ruihuan, the then Party chief of Tianjin. In the 1980s, when Li Ruihuan governed Tianjin, Li Jianguo was continuously elevated, and he served as vice director and director of general office of CPC Tianjin committee, vice secretary general of the committee, a standing committee member and secretary general of the committee, the secretary of CPC committee in Heping district of Tianjin, and eventually the vice Party chief of Tianjin.

In August 1997, Li was promoted to the secretary of CPC Shaanxi committee at the age of 51, and was elected the chairman of Shaanxi People's Congress in January 1998. He served in Shaanxi for 10 years until March 2007, when he was transferred to Shandong and became the Party chief of Shandong Province. Later, he was also elected the chairman of Shandong People's Congress. In March 2008, Li was elected vice chairman of National People's Congress and also became the secretary general of the Congress, thus becoming a national leader. He was re-elected vice chairman of the NPC in 2012, ranking first among the vice-chairmen.

Li was an alternate member of 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 15th to the 18th central committees.

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