Liu Hushan

Liu Hushan
刘虎山
Mayor of Shigatse
In office
September 2015 – October 2021
Party SecretaryZhang Yanqing
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byZhuo Feng [zh]
Personal details
BornJuly 1967 (age 57)
Xiangtan, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Hǔshān

Liu Hushan (Chinese: 刘虎山; born July 1967) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. He surrendered himself to the anti-corruption agency of China in April 2022. Previously he served as acting secretary-general of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and before that, mayor of Shigatse.

Biography

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Liu was born in Xiangtan, Hunan, in July 1967.

He entered the workforce in July 1987, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the same year. Since February 1992, he successively worked in the Lhasa Electric Power Bureau, Tibet Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, and Tibet Branch of China Youth Travel Service. Beginning in October 2003, he served in several posts in the Higher People's Court of Tibet Autonomous Region, including director of Planning, Finance and Equipment Management Division and vice president. He was made deputy secretary-general of the CCP Tibet Autonomous Region Committee in April 2012, concurrently serving as deputy director of the Chengdu Office of the Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In February 2014, he became deputy party secretary of Shigatse, concurrently serving as chairman of its People's Congress since December. In September 2015, he took office as mayor of Shigatse, and held that office until May 2021.[1] In May 2021, he was named acting secretary-general of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and served until April 2022.[2]

Downfall

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On 16 April 2022, he turned himself in and is cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervisory Commission for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws".[3] Wangdui, a former vice governor of Shigatse Prefecture (now Shigatse), had surrendered to anti-corruption authorities on April 12.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (24 December 2015). 扎西泽仁当选日喀则市人大常委会主任 刘虎山当选市长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (10 October 2021). 卓锋提名为日喀则市长候选人 刘虎山已调西藏自治区政协任职. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ^ Li Jingtong (李京统) (17 April 2022). 日喀则市原市长刘虎山,主动投案. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ^ 西藏自治区林芝市原市委副书记、市长旺堆 接受纪律审查和监察调查. xzjjw.gov.cn (in Chinese). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
Government offices
New title Mayor of Shigatse
2015–2021
Succeeded by