Ding Xuexiang is deputy prime minister of China and a member of the seven-man Politburo Standing Committee. He was promoted in 2022 when Xi Jinping broke convention by elevating loyalists with strong personal ties to him. He was given a party commission to lead in early 2023.
Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, "Where's my clean socks?", no-one answers.