Ma Wenrui was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
10 Facts About Ma Wenrui
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Ma Wenrui served successively as China's Minister of Labour, First Party Secretary of his native Shaanxi Province, and a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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Ma Wenrui was implicated in the Liu Zhidan incident in the 1960s, and was persecuted and imprisoned for five years during the Cultural Revolution.
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Ma Wenrui was born on November 4,1912, into a well-off family in Zizhou County, Shaanxi Province.
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Ma Wenrui joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1926, and participated in various student movements.
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Ma Wenrui then worked in revolutionary agitation in his home province.
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Ma Wenrui was one of the major leaders of the Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party, and an early follower of Xi Zhongxun.
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Ma Wenrui was arrested in January 1968 and spent five years imprisoned at a military garrison.
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Ma Wenrui was a full member of the 11th and 12th CCP Central Committees.
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Ma Wenrui was elevated to the mostly ceremonial position of the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in May 1984 and served until 1993, when he retired from politics.