Wu Guanzheng
Wu Guanzheng | |
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吴官正 Wu Kuan-cheng | |
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
In office November 15, 2002 – October 22, 2007 | |
Deputy | He Yong |
Preceded by | Wei Jianxing |
Succeeded by | He Guoqiang |
Personal details | |
Born | Yugan County, Jiangxi, China | August 11, 1938
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Children | 2 sons |
Wu Guanzheng | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Guānzhèng |
Wade–Giles | Wu Kuan-chêng |
Wu Guanzheng (born August 11, 1938), also spelled as Wu Kuan-cheng is a former Chinese politician and one of the major leaders of the
Career
Wu was born in Yugan County, Jiangxi province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1963. Wu graduated from the department of thermal engineering at Beijing's Tsinghua University in 1968, where he studied thermal measurement and automated controls. He was then sent to Wuhan during the Cultural Revolution to work as a shop floor technician at the Gedian Chemical Engineering factory, where he was promoted to supervisor a few years later.[1]
Wu served as the mayor of Wuhan from 1983 to 1986. He became the governor of his native province Jiangxi in 1986 after the removal of Ni Xiance by the provincial People's Congress. He was later promoted to Jiangxi party chief and served between 1995 and 1997. He moved to Shandong in 1997 to become the party chief of the province and was made a full member of the Politburo the same year. It was said that Zeng Qinghong, a major confidant of then party General Secretary and President Jiang Zemin, was fond of Wu's work, and recommended him for further elevation, resulting in his promotion to the Politburo in 1997.[2]
Thereafter, Wu was known to have cultivated good relationships with both Jiang Zemin and his putative successor
Wu Guanzheng retired from Standing Committee and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection after the 17th Party Congress in October 2007.
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See also
- Politics of the People's Republic of China
- 16th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
External links
- Wu Guanzheng biography @ China Vitae, online database of China VIPs
- (in Chinese) Biography of Wu Guanzheng, People's Daily Online
References
- ^ a b "吴官正简历". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016.
- ^ "曾庆红向江泽民力荐吴官正". C-readers. Duowei. 15 August 2000.