Lü Xiwen
Lü Xiwen | |
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吕锡文 | |
Deputy Party Secretary of Beijing | |
In office April 2013 – November 2015 | |
Party Secretary | Guo Jinlong |
Preceded by | Ji Lin |
Succeeded by | Gou Zhongwen |
Personal details | |
Born | July 1955 (age 68) Ningbo, Zhejiang, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (expelled) |
Alma mater | Beijing Institute of Technology |
Lü Xiwen (
Life and career
Lü was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. During the Cultural Revolution, she was part of production teams performing manual labour in rural Beijing. She joined the Chinese Communist Party in August 1982. She has a degree in textiles engineering from the Beijing Industry College (now Beijing Institute of Technology).
She then worked in the Communist Youth League organization at her alma mater, before being transferred to the municipal finance office, then the municipal department of industry, then the municipal party Organization Department. She then rose to become deputy party chief, district governor, and finally party chief of
During her term in office, along with
On November 11, 2015, Lü Xiwen was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious violations of regulations".[2] She was the first provincial-ministerial level official being examined from Beijing after the 18th Party Congress in 2012. On January 5, 2016, Lü Xiwen was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. The party's internal investigation concluded that Lü "violated political rules, trivialized policies and the direction of the party centre, formed factions of her own, resisted investigation, did not honestly report her own activities to the [investigating] organization, interfered in the personnel decisions of her previous area of oversight [assumed to be Xicheng District], lost control of her staff, violated the Eight-point Regulation, frequented private clubs; interfered with the market economy, interfered with law enforcement; violated lifestyle discipline, lived a life of luxury and pleasure seeking."[3]
On February 20, 2017, Lü was sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking bribes worth 18.78 million yuan (~$2.73 million) by the Intermediate People's Court in Jilin.[4]
Personal life
Lü is married to Yu Shaoshu (于少枢), who is one year her senior. The family lived in the Rongzefu complex (融泽府) of Beijing's
References
- ^ 中共北京市十一届市委常委简历. Sina. July 3, 2012.
- ^ 北京市委副书记吕锡文涉嫌严重违纪接受组织调查. Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ "北京市委原副书记吕锡文严重违纪被开除党籍和公职". Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "China jails former senior Beijing official for graft". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "北京市委原副书记吕锡文涉低价买房 丈夫于少枢亦失联". caixin. January 4, 2016.