Between 2002 and 2007, Luo was one of China's top leaders, serving as a member of the nine-man Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and as the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which became one of China's most powerful political offices, and well-funded bureaucracies, during Luo's term.
13 Facts About Luo Gan
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Luo Gan interned at the Leipzig steel and metalworks plant.
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Luo Gan then continued studying machine works at Technische Universitat Bergakademie Freiberg.
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Luo Gan joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1960, while still in Germany.
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In 1980, Luo Gan was made head of the provincial science and technology commission, and a leader in the provincial trade office.
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In 1983, Luo Gan was sent to Beijing and became deputy chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the state-sponsored trade union group.
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In December 1988, Luo Gan took over duties of the Secretary-General of the State Council as a result of the illness of his predecessor Chen Junsheng.
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Luo Gan was appointed a State Councilor, a position with equivalent rank but slightly lesser responsibility compared as a Vice-Premier, in 1993.
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Luo Gan entered the Politburo Standing Committee in 2002, at the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party at the age of 67.
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Luo Gan, then branded by overseas media as an associate of Li Peng, became a major beneficiary of this increase in membership.
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Luo Gan retired from the Politburo Standing Committee at the age of 72, after the 17th Party Congress in October 2007.
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Luo Gan largely disappeared from the public eye following his retirement in 2007.
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Luo Gan made a public appearance at the 2015 China Victory Day Parade.