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Key facts
- Premier
- Wen Jiabao
- Preceded by
- Zhang Wenkang
- Succeeded by
- Gao Qiang
- Born
- November 1938 (age 87), Wuhan , Republic of China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party (1962–)
- Alma mater
- China University of Petroleum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wu
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Wuhan
- Occupation
- engineer
- Position held
- Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China
- Educated at
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Award
- Order of Friendship
- Image
- Wu Yi.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-11-17
- name in native language
- 吴仪
- Commons category
- Wu Yi
- P10632
- Wu Yi
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Encyclopedic overview
Wu Yi (born November 1938) is a retired Chinese politician who served as a Vice Premier of China between 2003 and 2008. She was one of the country's most visible leaders during the first decade of the 21st century, best known for taking on the role of Minister of Health from April 2003 during the SARS outbreak, shortly after becoming vice premier. She was also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. She has since retired and left public life. She was commonly referred to as the "iron lady" by Chinese media, and was known to be a tough negotiator internationally. Forbes magazine ranked her the world's second-most powerful woman in 2004, 2005, and 2007.
Early life
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