Wu Guixian (Chinese: 吴桂贤; pinyin: Wú Guìxián; 16 February 1938 – 25 April 2025) was a Chinese politician who served as China's first female vice premier from January 1975 to September 1977. Originally a worker at a state-owned cotton factory in Xianyang, she was appointed by party leader Mao Zedong after becoming the factory's deputy director and a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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1938 Gongyi, Henan, China
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25 April 2025 (aged 86)
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