Chen Rugui
Chen Rugui | |||||||
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陈如 | |||||||
Mayor of Shenzhen | |||||||
In office 22 August 2017 – April 2021 | |||||||
Party Secretary | Wang Weizhong | ||||||
Preceded by | Xu Qin | ||||||
Succeeded by | Qin Weizhong | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | September 1962 (age 61) Lianjiang County, Guangdong, China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1992–2022; expelled) | ||||||
Alma mater | Guilin University of Technology Central South University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈如 | ||||||
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Chen Rugui (Chinese: 陈如
Early life and education
Chen was born in Lianjiang County (now Lianjiang), Guangdong, in September 1962. After passing the college entrance examination in 1979, he attended Guilin Institute of Metallurgical Geology (now Guilin University of Technology), majoring in geophysical prospecting. He taught there after his graduation. In 1986, he became a graduate student at Central South University of Technology (now Central South University).
Political career
After graduating in May 1989, he was assigned as an official to the Guangzhou Institute of Building Science, and was promoted to its president in March 1998. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1992. In August 1999, he became the vice chairman and vice general manager of Guangzhou Construction Group Co. Ltd., rising to chairman and general manager in June 2000. he served as deputy director of Guangzhou Municipal Construction Commission in July 2001, and was promoted to director in May 2003. He was appointed as secretary-general of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government in March 2007, and in June 2010 was admitted as a member of the standing committee of the CCP Guangzhou Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was vice mayor of Guangzhou in December 2011, and held that office until September 2015, when he was made deputy party secretary of Guangzhou and secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission. He was promoted to be party secretary of Zhongshan in September 2016, concurrently serving as chairman of its People's Congress since January 2017.[2] In July 2017, he was promoted to deputy party secretary and acting mayor of Shenzhen, confirmed on August 22.[3] In April 2021, he took office as vice chairman of Guangdong People's Congress.[4]
Downfall
On 1 June 2022, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] On 30 December 2022, he was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office.[6]
References
- ^ "Senior Guangdong provincial legislator under probe". xinhuanet.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Zhang Xiangyu (张翔宇) (6 August 2017). 陈旭东任
中山 市 委 书记前任 陈如桂 已 任 深 圳代市 长. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 April 2022. - ^ Zhuang Yu (
庄 彧) (22 August 2017). 陈如桂 当 选深圳市市 长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 April 2022. - ^ Zhuang Yu (
庄 彧) (22 January 2022).黄 宁生、叶 贞琴、陈如桂 、张硕辅当选广东省人 大 常 委 会 副 主任 . ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 April 2022. - ^ 广东
省 人 大 常 委 会 党 组成员、副 主任 陈如桂 接受 中央 纪委国家 监委纪律审查和 监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022. - ^
深 圳原市 长陈如桂被 双 开. zaobao.com.sg (in Chinese). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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- 1962 births
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