Chen Liangyu

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Chen Liangyu ( Chinese  陳良宇  /  陈良宇 , Pinyin Chén Liángyǔ ; * 1946 in Ningbo ) is a Chinese politician. He was the mayor of Shanghai and a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2006 . He was expelled from the CCP in 2007 for corruption and sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2008.

Political career

Chen studied architecture in the People's Liberation Army and graduated as an engineer. He joined the CCP in 1980 and quickly climbed the political ladder in Shanghai. There he was appointed vice mayor in 1996. From December 7, 2001 to February 21, 2003 he was acting mayor.

At the 16th National People's Congress in 2002, he was elected to the 25-person CCP Political Bureau. He became party leader in Shanghai, whose economy was booming. So he brought the Expo 2010 to the metropolis of Shanghai. Chen became a nationally respected party official who was often present in the media. He was sponsored by the former party and state president Jiang Zemin and belonged to his so-called "Shanghai clique". He has repeatedly been able to successfully defy demands from party headquarters in Beijing to curb economic growth and fight corruption.

At the annual plenary session of the Central Committee on September 25, 2006, incumbent party president Hu Jintao surprisingly deposed him as party leader of Shanghai. The official reason was the involvement in a scandal over the city pension fund , cover for illegal actions of its employees and the favoring of family members.

On July 26th, 2007, he was expelled from the CCP. The Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced him on April 11, 2008 to 18 years in prison for bribery and abuse of power. He was accused of assisting with the illegal withdrawal of several hundred million euros from the pension fund. He was the highest member of the CCP in 2000 years to be removed from office and sentenced to imprisonment.

literature

Web links

China vitae: biography of Chen Liangyu

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography of Chen Liangyu. chinavitae.com, accessed January 31, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Wieland Wagner: The greedy cadres. Der Spiegel, October 2, 2006, accessed February 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Georg Blume: Strike against Shanghai. Die Zeit, September 28, 2006, accessed February 4, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b David Barboza: Former Party Boss in China Gets 18 Years. New York Times, April 12, 2008, accessed February 4, 2016 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Liangyu is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Chen, Liangyu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chén Liángyǔ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Ningbo