Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

This is a list of members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party who have served 11 years or more. One table ranks them according to continuous service, and another table ranks members according to total years as members. Zhou Enlai served the longest, but Mao Zedong had the continuously longest service of any member.

Longest-serving members

Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee

No.	Officeholder		Hanzi	Took office	Left office	Duration		Ref.
						Days	Years & days
1		Zhou Enlai	周恩来	21 May 1944 10 November 1927 4 July 1927	8 January 1976 9 December 1937 9 August 1927	15,272	41 years, 317 days	[1]
2		Mao Zedong	毛泽东	17 January 1935	9 September 1976	15,211	41 years, 236 days	[2]
3		Chen Yun	陈云	18 August 1977 9 June 1950 9 December 1937	2 November 1987 28 April 1969 20 March 1943	12,553	34 years, 124 days	[3]
4		Zhu De	朱德	30 August 1973 21 May 1944	6 July 1976 28 April 1969	10,149	27 years, 288 days	[4]
5		Liu Shaoqi	刘少奇	20 March 1943	31 October 1968	9,357	25 years, 225 days	[5]
6		Deng Xiaoping	邓小平	21 July 1976 10 January 1975 28 September 1956	2 November 1987 7 April 1976 31 October 1968	8,990	24 years, 209 days	[6]
7		Hu Jintao	胡锦涛	19 October 1992	15 November 2012	7,332	20 years, 27 days	[7]
8		Xi Jinping	习近平	22 October 2007	Incumbent	6,509	17 years, 299 days	[8]
9		Li Peng	李鹏	2 November 1987	22 November 2012	5,499	15 years, 20 days	[9]
10		Li Keqiang	李克强	22 October 2007	23 October 2022	5,480	15 years, 1 day	[10]
11		Kang Sheng	康生	12 August 1966 9 December 1937	16 December 1975 20 March 1943	5,340	14 years, 227 days	[11]
12		Jiang Zemin	江泽民	24 June 1989	22 November 2002	4,899	13 years, 151 days	[12]
12		Li Ruihuan	李瑞环	24 June 1989	22 November 2002	4,899	13 years, 151 days	[13]
13		Lin Biao	林彪	25 May 1958	13 September 1971	4,859	13 years, 108 days	[14]

Longest continuously serving members

Longest continuously serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee

No.	Officeholder		Hanzi	Took office	Left office	Duration		Ref.
						Days	Years & days
1		Mao Zedong	毛泽东	17 January 1935	9 September 1976	15,211	41 years, 236 days	[2]
2		Zhou Enlai	周恩来	21 May 1944	8 January 1976	11,554	31 years, 232 days	[1]
3		Liu Shaoqi	刘少奇	20 March 1943	31 October 1968	9,357	25 years, 225 days	[5]
4		Zhu De	朱德	21 May 1944	28 April 1969	9,108	24 years, 342 days	[4]
5		Hu Jintao	胡锦涛	19 October 1992	15 November 2012	7,332	20 years, 27 days	[7]
6		Chen Yun	陈云	9 June 1950	28 April 1969	6,898	18 years, 323 days	[3]
7		Xi Jinping	习近平	22 October 2007	Incumbent	6,509	17 years, 299 days	[8]
8		Li Peng	李鹏	2 November 1987	22 November 2012	5,499	15 years, 20 days	[9]
9		Li Keqiang	李克强	22 October 2007	23 October 2022	5,480	15 years, 1 day	[10]
10		Jiang Zemin	江泽民	24 June 1989	22 November 2002	4,899	13 years, 151 days	[12]
10		Li Ruihuan	李瑞环	24 June 1989	22 November 2002	4,899	13 years, 151 days	[13]
11		Lin Biao	林彪	25 May 1958	13 September 1971	4,859	13 years, 108 days	[14]
12		Deng Xiaoping	邓小平	28 September 1956	31 October 1968	4,416	12 years, 33 days	[6]

See also

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