Yang Xiaobo (born 1971)

Yang Xiaobo
杨晓波
Mayor of Gaoping
In office
June 2011 – November 2014
CPC Party Chief Xie Kemin (谢克敏)
Personal details
Born November 1971 (age 43)
Yangcheng County, Shanxi
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Residence Gaoping, Shanxi
Alma mater Nankai University
Occupation Politician
Yang Xiaobo (born 1971)
Traditional Chinese 楊曉波
Simplified Chinese 杨晓波
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Yang Xiaobo (born November 1971) is a Chinese politician who spent most of her career in North China's Shanxi province.[1][2] She was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in April 2014, then she was removed from office and expelled from the party in November 2014.[3][4][5][6][7] Previously she served as the Mayor of the county-level city of Gaoping.[8]

Life and career

Yang was born and raised in Yangcheng County, Shanxi. She graduated from Nankai University, majoring in economics.

She entered politcs in August 1991, when she worked in Jincheng Mining Bureau. She served in various posts in the Organization Department of Jincheng Municipal Party Committee before serving as Deputy Secretary of Youth League Committee of Jincheng Municipal Party Committee.

From May 2006 to May 2011, she served as the head of Propaganda Department of Jincheng Municipal Party Committee.

In May 2011, she was named acting Mayor of Gaoping, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jincheng, at the same time she became a Standing Committee of CPC Gaoping Municipal Committee. A mouth later, she was promoted to become the Deputy CPC Party Chief and Mayor.

On April 30, 2014, she was being investigated by the Party's internal disciplinary body for "serious violations of laws and regulations".[9] In November 2014, she was removed from office and expelled from the party for "took advantage of her post to seek profits for others, accepted a huge amount of money and property; and fornication in public."[10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Female ex-Party official faces arrest". China.org. Retrieved 2014.
  2. ↑ "China's Communist Party Sacks 2 Women Officials for 'Adultery'". Retrieved 2014.
  3. ↑ "2 female officials dismissed in coal-rich Shanxi committed adultery". Sina. Retrieved 2014.
  4. ↑ "Three senior officials dismissed in coal-rich Shanxi province". Chinadaily. Retrieved 2014.
  5. ↑ "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". Xinhua News. Retrieved 2014.
  6. ↑ "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". China.org. Retrieved 2014.
  7. ↑ "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". People.com. Retrieved 2014.
  8. ↑ "山西高平市市长杨晓波涉嫌严重违纪被调查(图/简历)" (in Chinese). People.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  9. ↑ "山西省高平市市委副书记、市长杨晓波接受组织调查" (in Chinese). Xinhua News. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  10. ↑ "City mayor expelled from CPC in Shanxi". Shanghaidaily. Retrieved 2014.
  11. ↑ "山西高平市原市委副书记、市长杨晓波被双开" (in Chinese). Neteast. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  12. ↑ "山西高平市原市委副书记、市长杨晓波被"双开"" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  13. ↑ "山西涉通奸两女官员升迁之路" (in Chinese). Neteast. Retrieved 2014-11-30.