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Lin Ruo
林若
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
In office July 1985 – January 1991
Preceded by	Ren Zhongyi
Succeeded by	Xie Fei
Personal details
Born	July 19, 1924 Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong
Died	October 7, 2012 Guangzhou, Guangdong
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Sun Yat-sen University

Lin Ruo (Chinese: 林若; pinyin: Lín Ruò; July 19, 1924 – October 7, 2012) was a Chinese politician who served as Party Committee Secretary of Guangdong Province.

Biography

Lin was a native of Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1945. In July 1945, he enrolled in the Sun Yat-sen University School of Literature. In 1947, he traveled to the Dong River guerilla warfare region to provide political guidance.

In March 1950, he was named the head of the CCP Guangdong Pearl River Local Committee Policy Research Office Group, as well as local positions in Zhongshan and Dongguan. In 1952, he was named party committee secretary of Dongguan. Lin was attacked during the Cultural Revolution.

In February 1971, he was named to the Zhenjiang local party committee, and in 1973 became the deputy party secretary and deputy Revolutionary Committee director of the Nanfang Daily newspaper. In 1975, Lin became the Guangzhou municipal party committee first secretary, and in 1982 transferred to become the Guangdong provincial party committee first secretary.

From 1985 to 1991, Lin served as the Guangdong provincial party committee secretary. From 1990 through December 1996, he served as chairman and party group secretary of the Guangdong provincial people's congress standing committee. He retired in September 2004.

Lin died on October 7, 2012, in Guangzhou following an illness.

Lin Ruo was a delegate to each National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party from the 12th through the 17th, a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and a delegate to the 7th and 8th National People's Congresses.

References

1. "林若: 广东改革开放敢为人先" [Lin Ruo: Guangdong dares to be first in reform and opening up]. southcn.com (in Chinese (China)). 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
2. "中共广东省委原书记林若同志遗体在穗火化" [The body of Comrade Lin Ruo, former secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, was cremated in Guangzhou.]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

• 1924 births
• 2012 deaths
• Sun Yat-sen University alumni
• National Sun Yat-sen University alumni
• Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangdong
• People's Republic of China politicians from Guangdong
• Political office-holders in Guangdong
• Politicians from Chaozhou
• Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party