- He Guoqiang
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Biography
He Guoqiang is a native of
Xiangxiang ,Hunan . He joined theCommunist Party of China in January 1966 and joined the work force in September 1966. He graduated from the Inorganic Chemistry Department at theBeijing Institute of Chemical Engineering where he had majored inInorganics . With his university education, he holds the title of "Senior Engineer". He was first assigned to work as a technician at the synthesis division of the Lunan Chemical Fertilizer Plant in Shandong. During his eleven years there he eventually made his way up to party branch secretary. Eventually became an official at the chemical industry department at the Shandong provincial government, ascending through the ranks to become party chief inJinan , the capital ofShandong , in 1987. He was transferred to become Governor ofFujian between 1997 to 1999, and then as the party chief ofChongqing until 2002. He moved to national politics that year, becoming the head of theOrganization Department of the Communist Party of China , overseeing personnel.He was elected to be a member of the
Politburo Standing Committee at the17th Party Congress , heading up theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection , in charge of stamping out corruption with party officials, replacingWu Guanzheng . He was ordered by PresidentHu Jintao to go into earthquake areas in the aftermath of the2008 Sichuan earthquake .References
* [http://www.chinatoday.com/who/h/heguoqiang.htm China Today: Who is who in Chinese Politics]
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