The 8th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st plenary session of the 8th Central Committee in 1956, in the aftermath of the 8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the CCP's 7th Politburo Standing Committee and was succeeded by the 9th in 1969.
Composition 1st plenary session (1956–1958) +Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 1st plenary session of the 8th Central Committee Officeholder Hanzi 7th SEC 2nd PLE 1 Mao Zedong 毛泽东 1893 1921 1976 Hunan 2 Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 1898 1921 1969 Henan 3 Zhou Enlai 周恩来 1898 1921 1976 Jiangsu 4 Zhu De 朱德 1886 1925 1976 Sichuan 5 Chen Yun 陈云 1905 1925 1995 Shanghai 6 Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 1904 1924 1997 Sichuan
5th plenary session (1958–1966) +Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 5th plenary session of the 8th Central Committee Officeholder Hanzi 1st PLE 11th PLE 1 Mao Zedong 毛泽东 1893 1921 1976 Hunan 2 Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 1898 1921 1969 Henan 3 Zhou Enlai 周恩来 1898 1921 1976 Jiangsu 4 Zhu De 朱德 1886 1925 1976 Sichuan 5 Chen Yun 陈云 1905 1925 1995 Shanghai 6 Lin Biao 林彪 1907 1925 1971 Hubei 7 Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 1904 1924 1997 Sichuan
11th plenary session (1966–1968) +Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 11th plenary session of the 8th Central Committee Officeholder Hanzi 5th PLE 12th PLE 1 Mao Zedong 毛泽东 1893 1921 1976 Hunan 2 Lin Biao 林彪 1907 1925 1971 Hubei 3 Zhou Enlai 周恩来 1898 1921 1976 Jiangsu 4 Tao Zhu 陶铸 1908 1926 1969 Hunan 5 Chen Boda 陈伯达 1904 1927 1989 Fujian 6 Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 1904 1924 1997 Sichuan 7 Kang Sheng 康生 1898 1925 1975 Shandong 8 Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 1898 1921 1969 Henan 9 Zhu De 朱德 1886 1925 1976 Sichuan 10 Li Fuchun 李富春 1900 1922 1975 Hunan 11 Chen Yun 陈云 1905 1925 1995 Shanghai
12th plenary session (1968–1969) +Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 12th plenary session of the 8th Central Committee Officeholder Hanzi 11th PLE 9th PSC 1 Mao Zedong 毛泽东 1893 1921 1976 Hunan 2 Lin Biao 林彪 1907 1925 1971 Hubei 3 Zhou Enlai 周恩来 1898 1921 1976 Jiangsu 4 Chen Boda 陈伯达 1904 1927 1989 Fujian 5 Kang Sheng 康生 1898 1925 1975 Shandong 6 Zhu De 朱德 1886 1925 1976 Sichuan 7 Li Fuchun 李富春 1900 1922 1975 Hunan 8 Chen Yun 陈云 1905 1925 1995 Shanghai
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