Li Weiwei (politician)

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Li Weiwei
李微微
Chairperson of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
January 2016 – January 2023
Preceded byChen Qiufa
Succeeded byMao Wanchun
Personal details
BornMarch 1958 (age 66)
Ningxiang County, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materHunan Normal University
Hunan University

Li Weiwei (Chinese: 李微微; pinyin: Lǐ Wēiwēi, born March 1958) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as chairwoman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Li was born in

Zhuzhou County. She has a bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from Hunan Normal College. She worked as a teacher upon graduating, before joining the Communist Youth League organization in Zhuzhou. In 1990 she became deputy secretary of the Hunan provincial Youth League organization.[1]

In 1995 she was named deputy commissioner (vice-mayor) of

Party Standing Committee of Hunan, concurrently head of the Hunan United Front Department. In August 2015, in a provincial leadership reshuffle, she was named Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission (Zhengfawei) of Hunan province.[1] In January 2016, she became chairwoman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
, the province's top political advisory body.

Li has an MBA and a doctorate in economics, both from Hunan University.[1]

References

Party political offices
Preceded by Head of the United Front Department of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2006–2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission
2015–2016
Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairperson of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
2016–2023
Succeeded by