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Name
  
Shi Liang


Role
  
Politician

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Died
  
September 6, 1985, Beijing, China

Shi Liang (Chinese: 史良; Pinyin: Shǐ Liáng; March 27, 1900 – September 6, 1985) was a female politician of the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Shi Liang was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and other six intellectuals were arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's government in 1936, which is known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident.

She was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.

References

Shi Liang (politician) Wikipedia