Shi Liang

Shi Liang (March 27, 1900 - September 6, 1985 ) was a Chinese politician .

biography

Shi Liang already took part in the May 4th Movement in Changzhou , which originated in the student protests against the Versailles Treaty , and in 1925 in the May 13th Movement, an anti-imperialist labor movement . After completing her law degree , she joined the People's Liberation Army in 1927 after the Nanchang Uprising and worked for political work in Qingdao before setting up as a lawyer in Shanghai in 1931 .

After the Mukden incident in Manchuria on September 18, 1931, she took an active part in the resistance against the Japanese occupation forces and was later arrested by them for participating in further protests. In 1942 she became a member of the Chinese Democratic League.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, she became the first female justice minister in the government of Prime Minister Zhou Enlai and held this office until 1959. Along with Health Minister Li Dequan, she was one of two ministers in the first government.

At the same time she was a member of the National People's Congress from 1949 until her death . In this she was Vice-Chair from 1953 to 1979 and then from 1979 to 1985 a member of the Presidium. Most recently in 1985 she was executive chairman of the 3rd session of the 6th National People's Congress.

Shi Liang, who also chaired the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 1978 to 1985 , was also chairman of the Chinese Democratic League, a party affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and organized in the CPPCC, from 1979 until her death .

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• Female Presidents of Parliaments 1920-1990