Zeng Qinghong

Zeng Qinghong
曾庆红
Zeng in 2000
First-ranked Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
In office 15 November 2002 – 22 October 2007
General Secretary	Hu Jintao
Preceded by	Hu Jintao
Succeeded by	Xi Jinping
7th Vice President of the People's Republic of China
In office 15 March 2003 – 15 March 2008
President	Hu Jintao
Preceded by	Hu Jintao
Succeeded by	Xi Jinping
President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
In office December 2002 – December 2007
Deputy	Yu Yunyao Su Rong
Preceded by	Hu Jintao
Succeeded by	Xi Jinping
Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office March 1999 – November 2002
General Secretary	Jiang Zemin
Preceded by	Zhang Quanjing
Succeeded by	He Guoqiang
Head of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
In office March 1993 – March 1999
General Secretary	Jiang Zemin
Preceded by	Wen Jiabao
Succeeded by	Wang Gang
Personal details
Born	(1939-07-30) 30 July 1939 (age 84) Ji'an, Jiangxi, Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1960–2008)
Spouse	Wang Fengqing
Children	Zeng Wei
Alma mater	Beijing Institute of Technology
Occupation	Control engineer

Zeng Qinghong (born 30 July 1939) is a retired Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, China's highest leadership council, and First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee between 2002 and 2007. He also served as the Vice-President of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2008. During the 1990s, Zeng was a close ally of then-Party general secretary Jiang Zemin, and was instrumental in consolidating Jiang's power. For years, Zeng was the primary force behind the party's organization and personnel.