Chen Quanguo
| Chen Quanguo | |
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| 陈全国 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | |
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Assumed office August 2016 |
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| Governor | Shohrat Zakir (chairman) |
| Preceded by | Zhang Chunxian |
| Communist Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
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In office August 2011 – August 2016 |
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| Governor |
Padma Choling Losang Jamcan |
| Preceded by | Zhang Qingli |
| Succeeded by | Wu Yingjie |
| Governor of Hebei Province | |
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In office December 2009 – August 2011 |
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| Leader | Zhang Qingli (party secretary) |
| Preceded by | Hu Chunhua |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Qingwei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1955 (age 61) Pingyu County, Henan |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Zhengzhou University Wuhan University of Technology |
Chen Quanguo (Chinese: ; born November 1955) is a Chinese politician and current Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Originally from Henan province, Chen was among the first batch of students to graduate university after the resumption of Gaokao examinations in 1978. Chen worked up the ranks in the party bureaucracy his home province from a minor local official to the deputy provincial party chief. In 2009, he became Governor of Hebei, then in 2011, he became the party secretary (i.e., the top official) of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Chen Quanguo is a native of Pingyu County in Zhumadian prefecture, Henan province. In December 1973, at the age of 18, Chen enlisted in the People's Liberation Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in February 1976. After leaving the military in March 1977, he briefly worked at a car parts factory in Zhumadian.
After China resumed the National Higher Education Entrance Examination which was interrupted during the Cultural Revolution, in March 1978 Chen was admitted to the Economics Department of Zhengzhou University in the provincial capital Zhengzhou.
Chen Quanguo graduated from Zhengzhou University in December 1981 and returned to work in his hometown of Pingyu. Starting in 1983 he worked for the prefectural government of Zhumadian, and in 1988 became the Communist Party Secretary of Suiping, a county under the administration of Zhumadian. In 1994 he was appointed the head of the Organization Department of the nearby prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan.
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