Wangdui

Wangdui
旺堆
Mayor of Nyingchi
In office
June 2013 – September 2021
Party SecretaryZhao Shijun [zh]
Ma Shengchang [zh]
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded by巴塔 [zh]
Personal details
BornJanuary 1963 (age 61)
Bainang County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

Wangdui (Wylie: dbang 'dus, ZYPY: དབང་འདུས་; Chinese: 旺堆; pinyin: Wàngduī; born January 1963) is a former Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity. He handed himself in to the anti-corruption agency of China in April 2022. Previously he served as vice chairperson of the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Tibet Autonomous Region and before that, mayor of Nyingchi. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.[1]

Biography

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Wangdui was born in Bainang County, Tibet Autonomous Region, in January 1963. He was a high school teacher in Xigazê Prefecture between July 1984 and September 1990.

He began his political career in September 1990, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1992. He served in the Compilation Bureau of Xigazê Prefecture for a short while before being transferred to the Office of the People's Government of Xigazê Prefecture in October 1994. In June 1996, he was assigned to the Office of Xigazê Prefecture Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, where he eventually became deputy secretary-general in June 1997. He was promoted to be party secretary of Namling County in October 2000, concurrently serving as chairman of its People's Congress. In July 2002, he became party branch secretary and deputy director of Xigazê Regional Development Planning Commission, and held that office until July 2005, when he rose to become vice governor of Xigazê Prefecture.

In May 2013, he was transferred to Nyingchi and appointed deputy party secretary and mayor, and served until September 2021. In September 2021, he was named acting vice chairperson of the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Tibet Autonomous Region, confirmed in December.

Downfall

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On 12 April 2021, he turned himself in and is cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws".[2]

References

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  1. ^ (受权发布)中华人民共和国第十三届全国人民代表大会代表名单. chinanews.com.cn. 2018-02-25. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. ^ 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 12 April 2022.
Government offices
New title Mayor of Nyingchi
2013–2021
Succeeded by