Former Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang died this Friday in the city of Shanghai at 68 years old due to a heart attack, state media reported.
Li, who held the position between 2012 and March this year, He suffered a heart attack on Thursday and “despite all efforts to save him, he died at 12:10 a.m. on October 27,” according to state broadcaster CCTV.
The former prime minister, who had remained away from the political front line since leaving office, he was in Shanghai “taking a break,” the network said.
At the moment no details have been released about the burial and funeral of the deceased politician.
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On March 11, Li Keqiang was replaced at the annual plenary session of the National People’s Congress (Legislative) by Li Qiang at the proposal of President Xi Jinping, recently elected for a third term unprecedented among his predecessors.
When he came to office, Li, who belonged to the most liberal wing of the Government, was expected to give a push to China’s economic opening and reform, but his work and ability to maneuver were progressively limited and increasingly overshadowed by the growing power of Xi.
The decade of his mandate was turbulent due to the trade war with the United States, a growing debt and the covid-19 pandemic. that kept the country closed for almost three years with an enormous impact on the second largest economy in the world.
Born in 1955 in the eastern province of Anhui, Li joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1976. and he rose through the ranks from the Communist Youth until in 1998 he became the youngest governor of China, heading the central province of Henan.
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After occupying the leadership of the CCP in that province and later in Liaoning, Li managed to enter the Party Standing Committee in 2007 and just a year later he was promoted to vice prime minister. under the mandate of then Premier Wen Jiabao.
The 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China approved a new Central Committee in November 2012, which included Li Keqiang, who four months later was appointed by the ANP as prime minister, replacing Wen.
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