Political figures

Li Si (? - 208 BC), a native of Shangcai, Chu State (southwest of today's Shangcai County, Henan Province), was a statesman, writer and calligrapher of the Qin Dynasty. Li Si once served as the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. He was said to be the prime minister of Zuo. Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records" and "Li Si Biography" for Li Si. Or it can be said that the word is Tonggu. In his early years, he was a minor official in Shangcai County, responsible for handling documents. Later, he and Han Fei learned the art of emperors from Xunzi, and later became representatives of Legalist theory among hundreds of scholars. After completing his studies, Li Si entered the State of Qin and became the successor of Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei. Marquis Wenxin appreciated Li Si very much and appointed him as a Langguan. Later, he persuaded the King of Qin to attack and destroy the six eastern countries. The King of Qin adopted his strategy and sent counselors with money to lobby the six countries in Shandong, alienate the kings and ministers of each country, and appointed him as a guest minister. In the tenth year of the Qin Dynasty (237 BC), because a water conservancy engineer named Zheng Mingguo came to Qin as a spy for South Korea in the name of building channels, the King of Qin ordered the expulsion of the guest officials from the six countries. Li Si's "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests" stopped him, and was adopted by the King of Qin. Soon he was promoted to Tingwei. He made great contributions to Qin's cause of destroying the six kingdoms. After Qin unified the six kingdoms, Li Si, Prime Minister Wang Wan, Imperial Censor Feng Quji and others agreed to honor the King of Qin as Emperor. Li Si advocated the system of prefectures and counties and opposed the system of enfeoffment; he also advocated burning the books of various schools of thought collected by the people. Li Si also participated in the construction of many systems in the Qin Dynasty and had a profound influence on later generations. After the death of Qin Shihuang, Li Si, because of his different political stances from Fusu, framed Fusu, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, with Zhao Gao, and established Qin Shihuang's youngest son Hu Hai as emperor. He was later killed by Zhao Gao, sent to the market for execution, and the three tribes were exterminated. Li Si assisted Qin Shihuang in unifying laws, decrees, weights and measures, promoting the same track and unified writing, and promoted the cultural unification of China.

Li Xiaolong (February 1969-), male, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China, with an on-the-job postgraduate degree. He is currently the chief engineer of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and was the director of the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

Li Jing (English: Jing Ulrich, 1967-), Managing Director and Chairman of China Market at JPMorgan Chase.

Li Boxin (April 8, 1919 - January 2, 2014), a native of Dai County, Shanxi Province, was a Chinese politician. In his early years, he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and served as the instructor of Shanxi Taiyue to the Northeast Cadre Regiment and the political commissar of the Ninth Regiment of the Second Division of the West Manchuria Military Region; later he served as secretary of the Tailai County Committee of the Communist Party of China; deputy director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Personnel, alternate secretary of the Nenjiang Prefectural Committee, secretary of the Party Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and deputy secretary of the Songhuajiang Prefectural Committee.

Li Er (1966-), formerly known as Li Rongfei, is a contemporary Chinese male writer. A native of Jiyuan, Henan, he is famous for his two novels "Coloratura" and "Cherrys on the Pomegranate Tree". The 850,000-word third novel "Brother Yingwu", which took 13 years to write, won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Award. The "Er" in the name "Li Er" refers to the fact that the sound of water can be heard all the time (Qinhe River in his hometown). In 2024, he was elected as the seventh chairman of the Beijing Writers Association.

Li Jing, Yuanzong of the Southern Tang Dynasty (916-September 12, 961), also known as Boyu, was originally known as Xu Jingtong and Xu Yao. After the establishment of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he changed his surname to Li and changed his name to Jing. After becoming a minister to the Later Zhou Dynasty, he changed his name to Jing, a native of Xuzhou, and the eldest son of Liezu of the Southern Tang Dynasty in order to avoid the taboo of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Li Jing was the second monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, so he was also called the central lord and heir lord. Li Jing's calligraphy is quite good and his poetry is also famous. Together with his son Li Yu, he is known as the "Two Masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty". His poems include "The dream of drizzle returns to the chicken plug far away, and the small building blows through the cold jade pipe." "The blue bird does not convey the clouds and foreign messages, and the lilacs are empty and sad in the rain." are all famous lines that have been immortalized through the ages. His works are included in "Two Main Ci Poems of the Southern Tang Dynasty".

Li Yongqi (jié) (?—), female, political figure of the People's Republic of China, member of the Communist Party of China, and senior expert on World Trade Organization law. He once served as a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Commerce and deputy representative for international trade negotiations (deputy ministerial level). He is currently the Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the WTO.

Datuk Li Xianyi, SBS (1952-), Han nationality, politician of the People's Republic of China, member of the 10th to 13th Hong Kong National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, chairman of Xinyi Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd. In 2008, he was elected as a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was specially invited to represent people from Hong Kong and was assigned to the 53rd group. He also serves as a special committee member of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee. In January 2018, he was elected as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Li Hongzhang (February 15, 1823 - November 7, 1901), whose training name was Zhongtong, courtesy name Zifu, Jianfu, nickname Shaoquan, Yisou, and Shengxin, and was known as Li Zhongtang and Li Fuxiang. A native of Hefei, Luzhou, Anhui Province (now part of Hefei City), he was an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty and an important politician, strategist, diplomat, industrialist, and reformer in modern China. Li Hongzhang was a disciple of Zeng Guofan. He was a Jinshi under Daoguang and Dingwei. He was promoted to Crown Prince Taifu, Bachelor of Wenhua Palace, Minister of Commerce of Beiyang, and Governor of Zhili. His title was First-class Su Yibo. He founded the local armed Huai Army, trained the Western-style navy Beiyang Navy, and participated in the crusade against the Taiping Army, the pacification of the Nian Army, the Westernization Movement, the Sino-French War, the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1895, and the Boxer Rebellion. After his death, he was given a posthumous gift to the Taifu and became a Marquis. Posthumous title: Wenzhong. Li Hongzhang was considered by the modern historian Tang Degang to "please the faint emperor internally and resist the great powers externally". He had deft diplomatic skills and was known as the "Four Famous Ministers of the ZTE" in the late Qing Dynasty along with Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong. Li Hongzhang was awarded the Royal Victoria Medal by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. It is said that U.S. President Grant called Lee the first of the four great men in the world at that time, as famous as the then British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, the French Prime Minister Gambetta, and the German Chancellor Bismarck. His works are collected in "The Complete Works of Li Wenzhonggong".

Du Zhanyuan (July 1962-), male, native of Huarong, Hunan, political figure of the People's Republic of China. Graduated from Hunan Agricultural University with a bachelor's degree in plant physiology. Graduated from the University of Massachusetts, majoring in phytochemistry, holds a PhD in philosophy and is an agronomist. He has long served in the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (National Science and Technology Commission). He once served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, deputy minister of education, deputy minister of education, director of the National Language Working Committee, and director of the China Foreign Language Publishing and Distribution Bureau.

Du Yan (1875-1938), courtesy name Yizhai and nickname Youmei, was born in Jiaozuo, Henan Province. He was a modern industrialist, educator and calligrapher in China.

Du Xinyuan (1905-1985), formerly known as Du Chunren, was a native of Dajian'an Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province, and a politician in the People's Republic of China.

Yang Yiyong (October 1963-), a native of Yidu, Hubei Province, is a scholar and politician in the People's Republic of China. He serves as the director and professor of the Institute of Social Development of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Yang Xianhui (1946-), male, from Dongxiang, Gansu Province, is a contemporary Chinese writer. He is famous for his novels "Jiabiangou Chronicles" and "Dingxi Orphanage Chronicles", which describe rightists and the suffering during the Great Famine. These two works use documentary novels to reveal the "special areas" that many people dare not touch. In particular, the realistic descriptions of people falling into desperate situations of starvation under political disasters are shocking and caused a strong shock after their publication. "Jiabiangou Chronicles" (published by Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House in 2002 and republished by Huacheng Publishing House in 2008 with 12 additional novels) is called "China's Gulag Islands".

Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (English: Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis, July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994), nee Bouvier, was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963. In 1953, she married John F. Kennedy, who was still a federal congressman at the time. After the marriage, she had 4 children, but only one daughter, Caroline, and son John Jr. grew up healthily.

John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (English: John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, born February 11, 1953), an American Republican politician, the 43rd governor of Florida, and the first Republican governor to be re-elected as the governor of the state. He lost the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Bush was born in Midland, Texas, and grew up in Houston. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. In 1980, he moved to Florida to work in real estate development. In 1987, Bush became Florida's Secretary of Commerce and served until 1988. Then he joined his father's presidential campaign team and was eventually elected. In 1994, Bush ran for office for the first time and lost to then-Governor Lawton Chiles by less than two percentage points. In 1998, Bush ran again and defeated Lieutenant Governor Buddy McKay with 55% of the vote. Chiles died in office, only 23 days before his scheduled retirement, and Bush eventually took over as governor. In 2002, Bush ran for re-election and won with 56% of the vote, becoming the first Republican governor in Florida history to be elected for two consecutive terms. During his eight years as governor, Bush promoted an ambitious Everglades conservation plan, supported caps on malpractice lawsuits, launched a Medicaid privatization pilot program and made changes to the state education system, including issuing vouchers and promoting school choice. Bush announced his candidacy for president on June 15, 2015. On February 20, 2016, shortly after the South Carolina primary, he announced that he was suspending his campaign. Among the 17 candidates, he ranked sixth in both delegate and popular vote counts. On March 23, 2016, he publicly endorsed Senator Ted Cruz and was critical of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign and throughout Trump's administration.

Jeremy Bentham (English: Jeremy Bentham; February 15, 1748 - June 6, 1832), British philosopher, jurist and social reformer. He was one of the first supporters of utilitarianism and animal rights. He wrote a large number of manuscripts on the theme of legal reform from 1769 to 1832, established a large network of reformers, and influenced British legal thought during the Enlightenment. He is the author of "A Treatise on Government" (1776), in which he discusses the British Constitution. In his book "Principles of Morals and Legislation", the principle of utilitarianism was clearly expressed for the first time. Bentham was a radical social reformer in practice. He opposed monarchy and advocated universal suffrage. Bentham was also one of the most influential classical liberals, drawing influence not only from his writings but also from his disciples around the world, including John Stuart Mill and political leaders such as Robert Owen (a representative of utopian socialism).

Matsushita Konosuke (Japanese: Matsushita Konosuke/I prayed , Romanized: Matsushita Kōnosuke (November 27, 1894 - April 27, 1989) was born in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. He was a Japanese entrepreneur spanning the Meiji, Taisho, Showa and Heisei generations. He was the founder of Matsushita Electric, Matsushita School of Political Science and Economics, and PHP Research Institute. He was known as the "God of Management" in Japan.

Matsuoka Toshikatsu (February 25, 1945 - May 28, 2007), Japanese politician.

Matsumoto Takeaki (Japanese: Matsumoto Takeaki/Matsumoto Takeaki, Romanized: Matsumoto Takeaki, April 25, 1959 - July 27, 2026), Japanese politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives (9 terms), Minister of General Affairs, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Hayashi Yoshimasa (Japanese: Hayashi Yoshimasa/Hayashi Yoshimasa, romanization: Hayashi Yoshimasa, January 19, 1961 -), a politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, was born in Tokyo. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet on a temporary basis (third in the order of appointment), and a member of the House of Representatives for the 3rd District of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Lin has served as Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs and other government offices. He was a member of the Senate from 1995 to 2021 (5 terms), and was later elected to the House of Representatives and has been elected to this day (2 terms). He once belonged to the Hiroshikai (Kishida faction) in the Liberal Democratic Party. He was widely regarded as a pro-China faction in Japanese politics because he served as the president of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians Alliance.

Golda Meir (commonly known as Mrs. Meir, or translated as Mrs. Meir, Mrs. Meir, etc., Hong Kong current affairs program translated as "Mrs. Meir"; Hebrew: גולדה מאיר; May 3, 1898 - December 8, 1978), formerly known as Golda Mabovitch (Golda Mabovitch), Golda Meir (Golda Meir) Meyerson is an Israeli Jewish female politician, diplomat and social activist. Born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now part of Ukraine), he was a Ukrainian Jew. He immigrated to the United States in his early years. As an adult, he devoted himself to the Zionist movement and participated in the preparation of the State of Israel. He was one of the founding fathers of Israel and the fourth Prime Minister (1969-1974). He was a member of the Israel Workers' Party and the Israeli Labor Party. Before Margaret Thatcher became British Prime Minister, Mrs. Meir was considered by the outside world to be Israel's "Iron Lady". Israel's founding father David Ben-Gurion also called her "the best person in the cabinet." Meir is the first and so far the only female Prime Minister of Israel, and the third non-hereditary female government leader of a sovereign country in the modern world.

Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American Republican politician who served as the 26th Vice President and U.S. Senator.

Charles Carroll (English: Charles Carroll; September 19, 1737 - November 14, 1832), American politician, born in Annapolis, Maryland, graduated from the College of Philosophy and Theology, University of London, one of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence, and served as a federal senator (1789-1792). Carroll was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and the longest-lived one, dying in Baltimore at the age of 95. Carroll is considered one of the founding fathers of the United States and was known as the "First Citizen" of the American colonies at the time because he published articles in the Maryland Journal under the pseudonym "First Citizen." He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederacy, and later became Maryland's first U.S. Senator. Of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Carroll was one of the wealthiest and most formally educated. He received a Jesuit education in France for 17 years and spoke five languages ​​fluently. Carroll was born in Annapolis, Maryland, inherited a vast agricultural estate, and was considered the wealthiest man in the American colonies when the American Revolution broke out in 1775. His personal wealth at the time was said to have reached £2.1 million, equivalent to £330 million ($375 million) in 2023. In addition, Carroll owned a 10,000-acre estate in Maryland and owned approximately 300 slaves. Although religious reasons prevented him from holding public office in Maryland, Carroll became a leader in the state's independence movement. He was a delegate to the Annapolis Convention and was elected to the Continental Congress in 1776. He also participated in a failed diplomatic mission sent by the Continental Congress to Quebec to try to win over French Canadians, along with Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Chase. Carroll served in the Maryland Senate from 1781 to 1800. He was elected as one of Maryland's first U.S. Senators, but resigned from the Senate in 1792 after Maryland passed a law prohibiting individuals from holding state and federal offices simultaneously. After his retirement he helped establish the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.