Du Jiahao
| Du Jiahao | |
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| 杜家毫 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of Hunan | |
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Assumed office 28 August 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Xu Shousheng |
| Governor of Hunan | |
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In office April 2013 – September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Xu Shousheng |
| Succeeded by | Xu Dazhe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1955 (age 61) Shanghai |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
East China Normal University Central Party School China Europe International Business School |
Du Jiahao (Chinese: ; born July 1955) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan province, and since 2013 as the Governor of Hunan. He previously served as Vice Governor of Heilongjiang province, and also held many positions in Shanghai, including party chief of the Pudong New Area.
Du Jiahao was born in Shanghai, but is considered a native of his ancestral home of Yin County, Zhejiang by Chinese convention. He entered the work force in March 1973, working at the farm tool factory of Yuejin Farm in rural Shanghai. He joined the Communist Party of China in December that year.
Du worked in the farm administration system of Shanghai for most of the next two decades. In 1983 he enrolled at the Chinese department of East China Normal University on a part-time basis, earning a bachelor's degree in literature in 1988.
In March 1992 Du Jiahao became the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Songjiang County (converted to an urban district in 1998) in suburban Shanghai, rising to Party Secretary the next year. From 1995 to 1998 he studied economics at the graduate school of the Central Party School, also on a part-time basis.
From 1999 to 2003 Du was the party chief of the urban Yangpu District of Shanghai, and from 2004 to 2007 he was the party chief of the sub-provincial level Pudong New Area of eastern Shanghai. About the same time he enrolled at the China Europe International Business School, obtaining an MBA in 2007.
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