Liu Xiwu

{{Short description|Chinese politician}}

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{{infobox officeholder

| name = Liu Xiwu

| office = Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

| term_start = 1955

| term_end = 1966

| office1 = Party Secretary of Jilin

| successor1 = Li Mengling

| birth_date = July 12, 1904

| birth_place = Mengzhou, Jiaozuo, Henan, China

| death_date = February 28, 1970

| party = Chinese Communist Party

}}

Liu Xiwu ({{zh|刘锡五}}) (July 12, 1904 – February 28, 1970) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Meng County, Henan Province (modern Mengzhou, Jiaozuo, Henan Province) and educated in Kaifeng. In August 1924 he joined the Communist Youth League of China and in 1926 he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cn|date=July 2024}} While studying at Shanghai University, he joined the League of Left-Wing Writers in 1930. In 1936, he left Shanghai for Yan'an, Shaanxi Province. After the founding of the People's Republic, he became the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Jilin Province.

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Category:1904 births

Category:1970 deaths

Category:People from Mengzhou

Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Henan

Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan

Category:Political office-holders in Jilin

Category:Members of the 2nd Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Category:61 Renegades

Category:Political commissars of the Jilin Military District