What is Qiao Shi?
'''Qiao Shi''' (December 1924 – 14 June 2015) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] politician and a top leader of the [[Communist Party of China]]. He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the [[Politburo Standing Committee]], from 1987 to 1997. He was a contender for the [[Paramount leader|paramount leadership]] of China, but lost out to his political rival [[Jiang Zemin]], who assumed the presidency in 1993. Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the [[National People's Congress]], the third-ranked political position, from 1993 until his retirement in 1998.<ref name=gan>{{cite news |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1821679/former-china-communist-party-senior-official-qiao-shi |title=Former China Communist Party senior official Qiao Shi dies at 91 |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=14 June 2015 |author=Nectar Gan}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Qiao}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese politicians]] {{bio-stub}}