Facts: - party: communist party of china - deputy: liu yunshan liu yandong - predecessor: ding guangen xie fei - birth date: 1944 02 - deput: lu ruihua - order: chairman spiritual civilization of the cpc central guidance commission for building - office: communist party secretary of guangdong - term end: 18 january 2013 november 2002 - name: li changchun - birth place: dalian , china - successor: liu yunshan zhang dejiang - native name: zh-hans - nationality: chinese - alma mater: harbin institute of technology - namedata: hu jintao - blankname: general secretary - term start: 15 november 2002 march 1998 - image: li changchun.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of li changchun .
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li changchun -lrb- born february 1944 -rrb- is a retired chinese politician and a former major leader of the communist party of china .he served on the politburo standing committee , the communist party 's top leadership council , and as the top official in charge of propaganda , between 2002 and 2012 .he also served as chairman of the cpc central guidance commission for building spiritual civilization , '' de facto '' head of propaganda and media relations .li had a widely varying political career spanning three provinces , first as governor of liaoning , then party secretary of henan , and then party secretary of guangdong , before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002 .he retired in 2012 .