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Ke Qingshi
Mayor of Shanghai
In office 1958–1964
Preceded by	Chen Yi
Succeeded by	Cao Diqiu
CCP Committee Secretary of Shanghai
In office 1954–1965
Preceded by	Chen Yi
Succeeded by	Chen Pixian
Personal details
Born	(1902-10-10)10 October 1902 She County, Anhui, Qing Empire
Died	9 April 1965(1965-04-09) (aged 62) Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	Ke Liuliu, Ke Youning, Ke Youjin, Ke Youshen

Ke Qingshi (Chinese: 柯庆施; October 10, 1902 – April 9, 1965) was a senior leader of the People's Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party in 1950s and 1960s.

Born in She County, Anhui Province, Ke joined Chinese Socialist Youth League in 1920, and the Chinese Communist Party in 1922. Ke led the Party in Beijing during the 1930s, until it was sabotaged by the Kuomintang, although Ke escaped arrest because he was in Suiyuan at this time.

During the Yan'an period he served as deputy director of China Women's College and later, since 1939, as deputy director of the Central Committee's United front Department. He was purged during the Rectification Campaign in 1943, allegedly due to his antagonism with Liu Shaoqi, who at that time was second in command of the Party. Following the end of the Rectification Campaign he started rising within the Party and became closer to Mao Zedong.

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Ke served as the secretary of CCP Nanjing municipal committee, the mayor of Nanjing, a member of East China Military and Political Commission, Party chief of Jiangsu, first secretary of CCP Shanghai municipal committee, mayor of Shanghai, the first political commissioner of Nanjing Military Region, first secretary of CCP East China Bureau, and vice premier of the State Council. Ke was a member of 8th CCP politburo.

On April 9, 1965, Ke died in Chengdu. When the Cultural Revolution ended he was criticized because he was one of the few people that knew Mao's plan of purging Liu Shaoqi.

References

1. ^ Hua, Gao (2018-11-15). How the Red Sun Rose: The Origin and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. ISBN 978-962-996-822-9.
2. Jin, Fu (2021-07-19). A History of Chinese Theatre in the 20th Century III. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-38442-0.

• Vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
• 1902 births
• 1965 deaths
• 20th-century mayors of places in China
• People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui
• People of the Cultural Revolution
• Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui
• Politicians from Huangshan
• Political office-holders in Shanghai
• Political office-holders in Jiangsu
• Mayors of Nanjing
• Members of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
• People from She County, Anhui
• Secretaries of the Communist Party Shanghai Committee