Wang Suyi 王素毅 |
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Head of Inner Mongolia United Front Work Department | |
In office May 2010 – July 2013 |
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Party Secretary | Wang Jun |
Preceded by | Fu Laiwang () |
Succeeded by | Bu Xiaolin () |
Party Secretary of Bayannur | |
In office February 2008 – May 2010 |
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Mayor of Bayannur | |
In office July 2004 – February 2008 |
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Personal details | |
Born | June 1961 (age 55) Tumed Left Banner, Inner Mongolia |
Political party | Communist Party of China (expelled) |
Alma mater |
Taiyuan University of Technology Central Party School of the Communist Party of China Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Coal mining engineering |
Wang Suyi (Chinese: 王素毅; pinyin: Wāng Sùyì; born June 1961) is a Chinese politician of Mongol ethnic ancestry. Wang was part of the senior political ranks of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region until 2013. During his career, he served as the Mayor and Party Secretary of Bayannur, as well as the head of the Inner Mongolia United Front Work Department. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on corruption-related charges in 2014.
Wang was born in Tumed Left Banner, near the city of Hohhot, in Inner Mongolia in June 1961, he is of Mongol ethnic background.
Following the resumption of the University Entrance Examination in 1977, Wang entered Taiyuan University of Technology in October 1978, majoring in coal mining engineering, where he graduated in August 1982.
Wang became involved in politics in August 1982 and he joined the Communist Party of China in June 1986.
In September 2001 he was promoted to become a member of the Hohhot Communist Party Standing Committee and Vice-Mayor of Hohhot, a position he held until March 2003.
Wang served as the Vice-Chairman of Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission between March 2003 to December 2003.
In December 2003, he was appointed the Party Vice-Secretary and Chairman of Bayannur League (position equivalent of a Mayor); he remained in that position until 2008, when he was promoted to become Party Secretary of Bayannur.
In May 2010, Wang was elevated to become the Head of Inner Mongolia United Front Work Department, a sub-provincial-level position due to holding a concurrent seat on the Inner Mongolia Party Standing Committee.