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Chen Rugui

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Chen Rugui
Trần như quế
Mayor of Shenzhen
In office
22 August 2017 – April 2021
Party SecretaryWang Weizhong
Preceded byXu Qin
Succeeded byQin Weizhong
Personal details
BornSeptember 1962 (age 61)
Lianjiang County,Guangdong,China
Political partyChinese Communist Party(1992–2022; expelled)
Alma materGuilin University of Technology
Central South University
Chinese name
Simplified ChineseTrầnNhưQuế
Traditional ChineseTrầnNhưQuế

Chen Rugui(Chinese:Trần như quế;born September 1962) is a Chinese politician who is the current vice chairman ofGuangdongPeople's Congress.Previously he served asmayor of Shenzhen.He was a representative of the19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Partyand is a delegate to the13th National People's Congress.He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in June 2022.[1]

Early life and education

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Chen was born inLianjiang County(now Lianjiang),Guangdong,in September 1962. After passing the college entrance examination in 1979, he attended Guilin Institute of Metallurgical Geology (nowGuilin 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 (nowCentral South University).

Political career

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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 theChinese 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 ofGuangzhouin 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 ofZhongshanin 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 ofShenzhen,confirmed on August 22.[3]In April 2021, he took office as vice chairman ofGuangdongPeople's Congress.[4]

Downfall

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On 1 June 2022, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational 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

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  1. ^"Senior Guangdong provincial legislator under probe".xinhuanet.com.1 June 2022.Retrieved2 June2022.
  2. ^Zhang Xiangyu (Trương tường vũ) (6 August 2017).Trần húc đông nhậm trung sơn thị ủy thư ký tiền nhậm trần như quế dĩ nhậm thâm quyến đại thị trường.sina(in Chinese).Retrieved26 April2022.
  3. ^Zhuang Yu (Trang úc) (22 August 2017).Trần như quế đương tuyển thâm quyến thị thị trường.ce.cn(in Chinese).Retrieved26 April2022.
  4. ^Zhuang Yu (Trang úc) (22 January 2022).Hoàng ninh sinh, diệp trinh cầm, trần như quế, trương thạc phụ đương tuyển quảng đông tỉnh nhân đại thường ủy hội phó chủ nhậm.ce.cn(in Chinese).Retrieved26 April2022.
  5. ^Quảng đông tỉnh nhân đại thường ủy hội đảng tổ thành viên, phó chủ nhậm trần như quế tiếp thụ trung ương kỷ ủy quốc gia giam ủy kỷ luật thẩm tra hòa giam sát điều tra.ccdi.gov.cn(in Chinese). 1 June 2022.Retrieved2 June2022.
  6. ^Thâm quyến nguyên thị trường trần như quế bị song khai.zaobao.com.sg(in Chinese). 30 December 2022.Retrieved30 December2022.
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary ofZhongshan
2016–2017
Succeeded by
Chen Xudong
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of Zhongshan Municipal People's Congress
2017
Succeeded by
Chen Xudong
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Shenzhen
2017–2021
Succeeded by