Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Sunday, March 16, 2003
Xiao Yang Re-elected China's Chief Judge
Xiao Yang was re-elected president of the Supreme People's Court of China Sunday morning at the on-going session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC).
Xiao Yang was re-elected president of the Supreme People's Court of China Sunday morning at the on-going session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC).
Xiao, who was minister of justice in 1993-1998, became the president of the Supreme People's Court in march 1998.
Profile of Xiao Yang
Male, born in August 1938, of Han nationality, native of Heyuanin Guangdong Province; joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1966; graduated from the Department of Law of the People's University of China; chief justice.
Studied in the Department of Law in the People's University of China in 1957-1962; teacher of the Political Science and Law School in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in January-August 1962.
Staff member of Qujiang County Public Security Department, Guangdong Province, in 1962-1969; staff member of the publicity department of the CPC Qujiang County Committee, staff member and deputy director of the office of the CPC Qujiang County Committee in 1969-1975; secretary of the CPC Longgui Commune Committee of Qujiang County, a member of the Standing Committee and concurrently director of the office of the CPC Qujiang County Committee in 1975-1981; secretary of the CPC Wujiang District Committee, Shaoguan City, and deputy secretary of the CPC QingyuanPrefecture Committee 1981-1983.
Deputy procurator-general of the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 1983-1986; procurator-general of the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 1986-1990.
Deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Procuratorial Committee in 1990-1992; deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group and member of its Procuratorial Committee in 1992-1993; minister of justice and secretary of the ministry's Leading Party Members' Group in 1993-1998.
President of the Supreme People's Court, secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group and a member of the Justice Committee since 1998.