””””BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Following is a biographical sketch of Xiao
Yang who was re-elected president of the Supreme People's Court at the on-going
session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) Sunday:
””””Xiao Yang
””””Male, born in August 1938, of Han nationality, native of Heyuanin Guangdong
Province; joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1966; graduated from
the Department of Law of the People's University of China; chief justice.
””””Studied in the Department of Law in the People's University of China in
1957-1962; teacher of the Political Science and Law School in the Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region in January-August 1962.
””””Staff member of Qujiang County Public Security Department, Guangdong
Province, in 1962-1969; staff member of the publicity department of the CPC
Qujiang County Committee, staff member and deputy director of the office of the
CPC Qujiang County Committee in 1969-1975; secretary of the CPC Longgui Commune
Committee of Qujiang County, a member of the Standing Committee and concurrently
director of the office of the CPC Qujiang County Committee in 1975-1981;
secretary of the CPC Wujiang District Committee, Shaoguan City, and deputy
secretary of the CPC QingyuanPrefecture Committee 1981-1983.
””””Deputy procurator-general of the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate and
deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 1983-1986; procurator-general
of the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate and
secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 1986-1990.
””””Deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, member of
its Leading Party Members' Group and Procuratorial Committee in 1990-1992;
deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, deputy
secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group and member of its Procuratorial
Committee in 1992-1993; minister of justice and secretary of the ministry's
Leading Party Members' Group in 1993-1998.
””””President of the Supreme People's Court, secretary of its Leading Party Members'
Group and a member of the Justice Committee since 1998.
””””Member of the 15th, 16th CPC Central Committee. Enditem
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