Zhu Xuefan
Chinese politician
Zhu Xuefan (Chinese: 朱学范; June 12, 1905 – January 17, 1996) was a Chinese politician. Zhu Xuefan served as a deputy to the First, Second, and Third National People's Congresses, a delegate to the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a standing committee member of the Second, Third, and Fourth CPPCC National Committees, a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh National People's Congresses, a vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions during its Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth terms, a member of the Second Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK), and a standing committee member of the Third and Fourth RCCK Central Committees. Vice Chairman of the 5th and 6th Central Committees of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Chairman of the 7th Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang concurrently serving as Chairman of the Central Supervisory Committee, and Honorary Chairman of the 8th Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. Zhu Xuefan also served as Honorary President of the Red Cross Society of China, Chairman of the China International Friendship Association, Chairman of the China Medical Foundation, Honorary Chairman of the China International Co-operative Committee, and Vice Chairman of the China International Exchange Association.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Zhu Xuefan” is chinese politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Xuefan, Chinese and politician, not as a finished interpretation.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11093835. VIAF identifies the subject as 7250327. The Library of Congress control number is nr91045518. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1905 and 1996.
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This entry incorporates text from “Zhu Xuefan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.