Li Daqiu
Li Daqiu | |
|---|---|
Lý đạt cầu | |
| Vice-Chairman of the Guangxi Regional Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| In office January 2008 – July 2013 | |
| Chairman | Ma Tieshan |
| Communist Party Secretary ofHezhou | |
| In office May 2003 – November 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Huang Daowei |
| Succeeded by | Zhao Leqin |
| Mayor ofYulin | |
| In office June 2001 – May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Fang Hao |
| Succeeded by | Jin Xiangjun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1953 (age 70) Zhaoping County,Guangxi,China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party(1973–2013, expelled) |
| Alma mater | Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party Zhongnan University of Economics and Law |
Li Daqiu(simplified Chinese:Lý đạt cầu;traditional Chinese:Lý đạt cầu;pinyin:Lǐ Dáqiú;born October 1953) a former politician in theGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regionof China. Li served as the Party Secretary ofHezhou,and the Mayor ofYulin,both cities in Guangxi. He was removed from his posts and expelled from the Communist Party in 2013 and subsequently tried on charges of corruption.[1]In October 2014, Li was convicted of taking bribes of 10.95 million Yuan (~$1.8 million) between 2003 and 2013, and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
Career
[edit]Li was born inZhaoping County,Guangxiin October 1953.
Li joined theChinese Communist Partyin October 1973 and he got involved in politics in October 1974.
During theCultural Revolution,Li worked inZhaoping Countyas a local officer. He rose through the ranks to become the Vice-Governor of Zhaoping County in November 1987, then he was elevated to the County Governor and the CCP County Committee Vice-Secretary of Zhaoping.
In September 1993 he became the CCP County Committee Secretary of He County, a position he held until April 1996.
Li enteredCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Partyin August 1995, majoring in economic administration, where he graduated in 1999. After graduation, he was educated inZhongnan University of Economics and Law.
In June 2001, he was appointed the Mayor of the city ofYulin, Guangxiand the Party Vice-Secretary of Yulin, he remained in that position until May 2003, when he was transferred toHezhouand appointed theParty Secretary of Hezhou.
In January 2008, Li was elevated to the vice-chairman of the Guangxi Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Downfall
[edit]On July 6, 2013, state media announced that Li was being investigated by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspectionfor "serious violations of laws and regulations".[2][3]On July 13, Li was dismissed from his position. In September 2013, Li was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from his government posts.[4][5][6]
On August 28, 2014, Li's case was brought before the intermediate court of theYanbian Korean Autonomous PrefectureinJilin provincefor trial. The prefecture's prosecutor agency alleged that Li took 10.95 million Yuan (~$1.8 million) in bribes during his time as Hezhou party chief and vice-chairman of the Guangxi Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference,in the process of government business dealings as well as in the arrangement of promotions for officials.[7]On October 13, Li was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.[8]
Li is the highest-ranked official to be convicted of corruption charges in Guangxi since the 18th Party Congress. His downfall has earned him the moniker "Guangxi tiger" (Quế lão hổ), in reference toXi Jinping's anti-corruption programme that vowed to take down "tigers" (high-level officials) and "flies" (petty officials).[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^"China Focus: Two more officials downed in latest anticorruption drive".Xinhua News.2013-09-04. Archived fromthe originalon September 7, 2013.
- ^"Senior Guangxi official under probe for suspected discipline violations".Chinadaily.2013-07-06.
- ^"Quảng tây chính hiệp phó chủ tịch lý đạt cầu thiệp hiềm vi kỷ bị điều tra".Neteast.Retrieved2013-07-14.
- ^Lý đạt cầu bị miễn khứ quảng tây chính hiệp phó chủ tịch chức vụ tịnh triệt tiêu ủy viên tư cách(in Chinese). Xinhuanet. Archived fromthe originalon February 26, 2014.Retrieved2014-02-20.
- ^Bàn điểm thập bát đại dĩ lai bị đả điệu đích thập lục chỉ "Lão hổ" ( tổ đồ ) (10/16)(in Chinese). Hexun. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2014-02-20.
- ^Kiểm sát cơ quan y pháp đối vương tố nghị lý đạt cầu án trinh tra(in Chinese). Ifeng.Retrieved2014-02-20.
- ^lia."Quảng tây tự trị khu chính hiệp nguyên phó chủ tịch lý đạt cầu thụ hối án nhất thẩm khai đình".
- ^"Quảng tây chính hiệp nguyên phó chủ tịch lý đạt cầu thụ hối nhất thẩm bị phán 15 niên ( đồ )".Chinanews.
- ^"Former Guangxi senior official sentenced 15 years in prison".Chinadaily.2014-10-13.
- ^""Quế lão hổ" lý đạt cầu thu thụ 1095 vạn phán tù 15 niên ".Takungpo. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.