Wang Anshun
Wang Anshun | |
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王安顺 | |
Mayor of Beijing | |
Assumed office 25 July 2012 Acting until 28 January 2013 |
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Preceded by | Guo Jinlong |
Personal details | |
Born | December 1957 (age 66–67) |
Nationality | Chinese |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Alma mater | Nankai University |
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Wang Anshun (Chinese: 王安顺; born December 1957) is a politician of the People's Republic of China and the Mayor of Beijing. A native of Huixian, Henan Province, Wang is a graduate of Nankai University in Tianjin and has a master's degree in economics.[1]
Career
Wang Anshun joined the Communist Party of China in March 1984. He worked in the petroleum industry and was in charge of oil exploration in northeastern Jilin Province.[2] From July 1999 to September 2001, he worked in the Communist Party Committee of Gansu Province, in charge of party organization. Wang was transferred to Shanghai in September 2001, and, in April 2003, he was promoted to the position of deputy party chief of Shanghai. In March 2007, he was transferred to the same position in Beijing, and, in January 2011, he additionally became chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Beijing.[3]
In July 2012, Wang's predecessor Guo Jinlong resigned from his position as Mayor of Beijing, and Wang Anshun was appointed vice mayor and acting mayor.[1] On 28 January 2013, he was elected Mayor of Beijing by the Municipal People's Congress.[4]
Wang is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Mayor of Beijing July 2012 – present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by | Chairman of the Beijing People's Political Consultative Conference 2011 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Ji Lin |
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Xinxiang
- Nankai University alumni
- Mayors of Beijing
- Communist Party of China politicians from Henan
- People's Republic of China politicians from Henan
- Political office-holders in Shanghai
- Political office-holders in Gansu