Zhu Houze

Zhu Houze
朱厚泽
Head of Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
In office August 1985 – February 1987
General Secretary	Hu Yaobang
Preceded by	Deng Liqun
Succeeded by	Wang Renzhi
Party Secretary of Guizhou
In office April – August 1987
Preceded by	Chi Biqing
Succeeded by	Hu Jintao
Personal details
Born	January 1931 Zhijin County, Guizhou, China
Died	9 May 2010 (aged 79) Beijing
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Guiyang Normal College

Zhu Houze (Chinese: 朱厚泽; January 1931 – 9 May 2010) was a Chinese politician most active in the 1980s, best known for his term as head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. As head of the department he presided over a period of liberalism in the Chinese press.