Shi Liang
史良
Shi in 1949
1st Minister of Justice
In office 1 October 1949 – April 1959
Premier	Zhou Enlai
Succeeded by	Wei Wenbo
Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 1 July 1979 – 6 September 1985
Chairman	Ye Jianying Peng Zhen
Vice Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 26 February 1978 – 6 June 1983
Chairman	Deng Xiaoping
Chairwoman of the China Democratic League
In office 23 October 1979 – 6 September 1985
Preceded by	Yang Mingxuan
Succeeded by	Hu Yuzhi
Personal details
Born	(1900-03-27)March 27, 1900 Changzhou, Jiangsu
Died	September 6, 1985(1985-09-06) (aged 85)
Citizenship	Qing Empire Republic of China People's Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	China Democratic League

Shi Liang (Chinese: 史良; pinyin: Shǐ Liáng; Wade–Giles: Shih Liang; March 27, 1900 – September 6, 1985) was a prominent lawyer and activist of the Republic of China. She was the only woman arrested in what was known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident on the eve of war with Japan in 1936. In 1949, she became the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Shi Liang was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and another six intellectuals were arrested by Chiang Kai-shek’s government in 1936, in what is known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident.^[1]

Shi was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.^[2]