Guan Guangfu

Guan Guangfu (; December 1931 – 16 April 2016) was a Chinese politician of Manchu ethnicity. He served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Hubei province from 1983 to 1994.

Biography Guan was born in December 1931 in Muling, Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. He was a Manchu. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1948.

From 1947 to 1949 Guan worked as an accountant in Muling. In 1949, he was transferred to Hubei Province in central China, working in the provincial finance department. In 1964 he acquired a degree in finance from Hubei University through correspondence learning.

From 1993 to 2002, Guan served as Chairman of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress. He was a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th Central Committees of the CCP, serving from 1985 to 1997.

After retiring from politics Guan focused on painting, and was interviewed in his studio by Xinhua News Agency in 2010. He said he was especially fond of Shennongjia, and was proud of his policies protecting the nature reserve. He died in Wuhan on 16 April 2016.