Bu Xiaolin | |
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布小林 | |
Chairwoman of Inner Mongolia | |
Assumed office 30 March 2016 |
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Preceded by | Bagatur |
Personal details | |
Born | August 1958 (age 58) Tumed Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, China |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Parents | Buhe, Zhulan Qiqike |
Alma mater |
Peking University, Jilin University |
Bu Xiaolin (Chinese: 布小林; born August 1958) is a Chinese politician of Mongol descent. She has served as Chairwoman (governor) of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region since March 2016. She is the daughter of Buhe, a former chairman of Inner Mongolia, and the granddaughter of Ulanhu, the founding chairman of Inner Mongolia and a vice-president of China.
Bu Xiaolin was born in August 1958 in Tumed Left Banner, Inner Mongolia. She briefly worked as a sent-down youth at the end of the Cultural Revolution, before enlisting in the People's Liberation Army. She served as a medic in No. 291 Hospital of the Inner Mongolia Military District from 1977 to 1980.
In September 1980 she entered Peking University and graduated with a degree in economic law four years later. After graduation she briefly taught law at Inner Mongolia University, before joining the regional government of Inner Mongolia in 1985. From 1998 to 2001 she enrolled in the law school of Jilin University on a part-time basis, earning a doctoral degree in law in 2001. From 2003 to 2006 she conducted post-doctoral research at the Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
She was appointed Chief of Alxa League in September 2004, and Communist Party secretary two years later. In January 2008 she was promoted to Vice-Chairwoman of Inner Mongolia. In January 2014, she became Head of the United Front department of Inner Mongolia, as well as a member of the Regional Party Standing Committee. She succeeded the position left vacant by Wang Suyi, who was investigated for corruption and later sentenced to life in prison.