10.7910/DVN/8NAGSSChen, HaoHaoChenHarvard Kennedy SchoolWilson, SaulSaulWilson0000-0001-7939-0862Ashoka UniversityXu, Changxin PatrickChangxin PatrickXuSyracuse UniversityCheng, ChengChengChengNew York UniversityWang, YuhuaYuhuaWangHarvard UniversityHarvard Dataverse2023Social SciencesChinese politicsWilson, SaulSaulWilsonAshoka University2023-10-202024-12-1410.1017/S0305741023001686362588863281application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheettext/plain; charset=UTF-82.2CC0 1.0This dataset includes personnel records for Chinese political leaders. It draws from the Organizational Histories published by the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, including data for national and provincial leaders, as well as local leaders in Shanxi Province.v2: updated with slight corrections to some data where the "job" column was incorrect. Thanks to Aaron Glasserman and Jérôme Doyon.