He Dongchang (Chinese: 何东昌; April 1923 – 23 January 2014) was a Chinese politician who served as minister of education from 1982 to 1985.[1]

He Dongchang
何东昌
Minister of Education
In office
4 May 1982 – 18 June 1985
PremierZhao Ziyang
Preceded byJiang Nanxiang
Succeeded byLi Peng
Personal details
BornApril 1923
Zhuji, Zhejiang, China
Died23 January 2014(2014-01-23) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNational Southwestern Associated University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Dōngchāng

He was a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Early life and education

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He was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, in April 1923.[1] In 1941, he enrolled at National Southwestern Associated University, where he majored in the Department of Aeronautics.[1]

Career

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After graduation in 1947, he taught at Peiyang University (now Tianjin University).[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August of the same year.[1] A year later, he moved to Tsinghua University, where he presided over the establishment of the Department of Engineering Physics and also served as the department head.[1] In the winter of 1973, he waslabeled as "a representative figure of the bourgeois restoration forces" (资产阶级复辟势力代表人物) by Chi Qun, and later reinstated in 1977.[1][2] After the Cultural Revolution, he continued to work at Tsinghua University, where he was promoted to deputy party secretary in May 1977 and to vice president in 1978.[1]

In April 1982, he was appointed minister of education, in addition to serving as president of the Open University Of China since September 1984.[1]

On 23 January 2014, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 90.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Chang Xuemei (常雪梅); Cheng Hongyi (程宏毅) (19 February 2014). 何东昌同志逝世. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ Fang Huijian (方惠坚); Zhang Sijing (张思敬), eds. (2011). 清华大学志 [Annals of Tsinghua University] (in Chinese). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. ISBN 9787302043195.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Education
1982–1985
Succeeded by