Li Liguo

Li Liguo
Lý lập quốc
Minister of Civil Affairs
In office June 2010 – November 2016
Premier	Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Li Xueju
Succeeded by	Huang Shuxian
Personal details
Born	November 1953 (age 70) Yutian County,Hebei
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Northeastern University (China)

In thisChinese name,thefamily nameisLi.

Li Liguo(Chinese:LýLậpQuốc;born November 1953) is a Chinese politician. He served as theMinister of Civil Affairsbetween 2010 and 2016, and formerly served asDeputy Communist Party Secretaryof theTibet Autonomous Region,among other roles.He was investigated by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspectionin late 2016, was assigned responsibility for corruption at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and stripped of his post as minister. His party membership was put on two-year probation.

Career

Li Liguo is a native ofYutian CountyinHebeiprovince. He began working in January 1970 at the Construction Equipment Factory ofShenyang,capital ofLiaoningprovince, and joined theChinese Communist Partyin November 1974.

Li worked at a number of factories in Shenyang for 15 years, until entering the government in June 1985, when he was appointed Deputy Secretary of theCommunist Youth Leagueof Liaoning province. From January 1990 to 1993 he was the Vice Mayor ofPanjin,aprefecture-level cityin Liaoning. He also enrolled in post-secondary education programs on a part-time basis, earning a master's degree in engineering in April 1992 from Northeastern Institute of Engineering (now known asNortheastern University).

In January 1993 Li Liguo was transferred toTibet Autonomous Region,becoming theDeputy Communist Party Secretaryof the autonomous region in January 1999 and Vice Chairman of the TibetCPPCCin 2003.

In December 2005 Li was transferred to the central government and appointed Executive Vice Minister of Civil Affairs. He was promoted to Minister in June 2010, replacing retiringLi Xueju.In March 2013 he was reappointed Minister of Civil Affairs of theLi Keqiangcabinet.

Li is a full member of the18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Investigation

In the October 2016 footage ofXinwen Lianbo,Li Liguo was missing from the attendees of the sixth plenum of the18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,stirring speculation that he had been sacked due to scandal. He was successively removed from his positions beginning in November. On January 9, 2017, it was confirmed at a news conference that Li Liguo was undergoing investigation by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection(CCDI). Li was the first sitting minister ofLi Keqiang Governmentto come under investigation by the CCDI sinceXi JinpingassumedGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Partyin 2012.

On February 9, 2017, the CCDI announced that Li Liguo was stripped from his position as Minister of Civil Affairs and demoted to deputy-department-level (Phó thính cục cấp) for failing to impose strict party discipline at the ministry and allowing "systematic corruption" to occur under his watch. His party membership was put on two-year probation, pending future consideration. He also lost his eligibility to be a delegate to the 18th Party Congress.

See also

• Yu Youjun