About Chen Weida
Lived 1916 – 1990 (aged 73–74). Chen Weida was a Chinese politician.
Chen Weida (; March 1916 – 1990) was a Chinese politician and educator.
Biography
Chen Weida was born in Xiangshui County, Jiangsu in 1916. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1937.
After the foundation of the People's Republic of China, Chen Weida had been the Secretary of the CCP Hangzhou Committee, the First Secretary of the CCP Tianjin Committee, and the Deputy Secretary of the CCP's Central Political and Legislative Affairs Committee.
Chen was the President of Zhejiang University from 1962 to 1968.
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Chen Weida was born in 1916.
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Chen Weida died in 1990.
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