Shi Liang (politician)

Shi Liang (Chinese: 史良; Pinyin: Shǐ Liáng; March 27, 1900 – September 6, 1985) was a female politician of the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Shi Liang was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and other six intellectuals were arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's government in 1936, which is known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident.[1]

She was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.

References

  1. Patrick Fuliang Shan, “Demythologizing Politicized Myths: A New Interpretation of the Seven Gentlemen Incident,” Frontiers of History in China, vol. 8, No. 1, 2013, 51-77.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
none
Minister of Justice
1949 1959
Succeeded by
Wei Wenbo
Party political offices
Preceded by
Yang Mingxuan
Chairman of China Democratic League
1979 1985
Succeeded by
Hu Yuzhi
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