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Shen Junru

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Shen Junru
沈钧儒
Shen in 1963
President of the Supreme People's Court
In office
1 October 1949 – 27 September 1954
Succeeded byDong Biwu
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
27 September 1954 – 11 June 1963
ChairmanLiu Shaoqi
Zhu De
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
8 October 1949 – 11 June 1963
ChairmanMao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Chairman of the China Democratic League
In office
10 February 1955 – 11 June 1963
Preceded byZhang Lan
Succeeded byYang Mingxuan
Personal details
Born2 January 1875
Suzhou, Jiangsu
DiedJune 11, 1963(1963-06-11) (aged 88)
Political partyChina Democratic League
Alma materHosei University

Shen Junru (Chinese: 沈钧儒; pinyin: Shěn Jūnrú; Wade–Giles: Shen Chünju; January 2, 1875 – June 11, 1963) was a Chinese lawyer and politician who was the president of the Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. He was also the chairman of the China Democratic League.

Biography

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Shen in his 30s–40s

Shen was born in Suzhou, with family ancestry in Jiaxing City. He received the Jinshi or "presented scholar" degree, the highest under the imperial examination system. Shen completed a preparation course (速成科) at Hosei University, in Tokyo, Japan in 1905.

Shen Junru and other six intellectuals in Shanghai were arrested in 1936 by Chiang Kai-shek's government, which is known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident. This incident caused a national crisis and the seven individuals were released only after Japan launched an invasion in the summer of 1937.[1]

Shen attended the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in 1949 and was appointed to be the first president of the Supreme People's Court from 1949 to 1954. Shen had also served as a member of the committee of the Central People's Government, and was vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee from 1949 to 1963.[citation needed]

Additionally, Shen was vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1954 to 1963, and chairman of the China Democratic League from 1956 to 1963. He was also vice-chairman of the Chinese Political and Law Studies Association (中国政治法律学会).[citation needed]

Death

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Shen Junru's ashes lie in state in Beijing

Shen died during his sleep in early morning on June 11, 1963 from a long illness at the age of 88 years old.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Patrick Fuliang Shan, “Demythologizing Politicized Myths: A New Interpretation of the Seven Gentlemen Incident,” Frontiers of History in China, (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2013), 51-77.
Legal offices
New title President of the Supreme People's Court
1949–1954
Next:
Dong Biwu
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of China Democratic League
1956–1963
Succeeded by