Zhang Xi (politician)
Zhang Xi | |
|---|---|
张玺 | |
| Party Secretary of Henan | |
| In office October 1949 – November 1952 | |
| Succeeded by | Pan Fusheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1912 Pingxiang, Hebei, China |
| Died | 8 January 1959 (aged 46) Beijing |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Zhang Xi (Chinese: 张玺; 1 February 1912 – 8 January 1959) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He was the first Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Henan province of the People's Republic of China, and one of the founding members of the State Planning Commission. He died of nasopharynx cancer in 1959, at the age of 46. During the Cultural Revolution, he was posthumously denounced as a traitor, and his ashes were exhumed and discarded.