Li Weiwei (politician)
Li Weiwei | |
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李微微 | |
Chairperson of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
In office January 2016 – January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Chen Qiufa |
Succeeded by | Mao Wanchun |
Personal details | |
Born | March 1958 (age 66) Ningxiang County, Hunan, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Hunan 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]