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Zhao Leji, born in March 1957, is a male ethnic Han from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He entered the workforce in September 1974 and joined the CPC in July 1975. He received a postgraduate education at the Central Party School.

He is currently a member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.

1974-1975 Educated youth, Gongba Brigade, Hedong Township, Guide County, Qinghai Province

1975-1977 Correspondent, Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province

1977-1980 Student of philosophy, Philosophy Department, Peking University

1980-1982 Administrative secretary, Political Section, Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province; teacher; and secretary, CYL Committee; of Qinghai Provincial Commercial School

1982-1983 Deputy head, Dean's Office; of Qinghai Provincial Commercial School

1983-1984 Deputy chief, Political Section; and secretary, CYL Committee; of the Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province

1984-1986 Secretary, Party Committee; and manager; of Qinghai Provincial Hardware, Electric and Chemical Products Company

1986-1991 Deputy director; and deputy secretary, Party Committee; of the Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province

1991-1993 Director; and secretary, Party Committee; of the Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province (April 1992: concurrently head, Qinghai Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative)

1993-1994 Assistant to the governor of Qinghai Province; director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Department of Finance, Qinghai Province

1994-1995 Vice governor of the Qinghai Province; director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Department of Finance, Qinghai Province

1995-1997 Vice governor of the Qinghai Province

1997-1997 Vice governor, Qinghai Province; secretary, CPC Xining Municipal Committee

1997-1999 Deputy secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; Secretary of the CPC Xining Municipal Committee (1996-1998 studied monetary banking in the postgraduate class at the Postgraduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

1999-2000 Vice secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; acting governor of Qinghai Province

2000-2003 Vice secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; governor of Qinghai Province

2003-2004 Secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee

2004-2007 Secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; chairman of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial People's Congress (2002-2005 studied political science in the in-service postgraduate class at the Central Party School)

2007-2008 Secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

2008-2012 Secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress

2012- Member, Political Bureau; member, the Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; head, Organization Department; of the CPC Central Committee

Member, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.