Meng Xuenong
| Meng Xuenong | |
|---|---|
| 孟学农 | |
| Governor of Shanxi province | |
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In office September 2007 – September 2008 |
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| Party Secretary | Zhang Baoshun |
| Preceded by | Yu Youjun |
| Succeeded by | Wang Jun |
| Mayor of Beijing | |
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In office January 2003 – April 2003 |
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| Party Secretary | Liu Qi |
| Preceded by | Liu Qi |
| Succeeded by | Wang Qishan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1949 (age 67) Penglai County, Shandong |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China |
| Occupation | Politician |
Meng Xuenong (simplified Chinese: 孟学农; traditional Chinese: 孟學農; pinyin: Mèng Xuénóng; born August 1949) is a Chinese politician. Meng worked as a factory worker in Beijing before getting involved in politics through the local Communist Youth League organization. He was the Vice Mayor of Beijing between 1993 and 2003, before being promoted to mayor for a brief interlude in 2003. He was sacked as mayor only after a few months on the job due to his government's mismanagement of the SARS epidemic.
Meng then worked as a low-profile functionary in the South-North Water Transfer Project, before making a political comeback as the Governor of Shanxi province in 2007. He resigned that post a year into his term, following what was considered a botched response to the 2008 Shanxi mudslide by the provincial government. In December 2009, Meng was given a post on the body that manages the work of the directly-controlled organizations of the Communist Party's central committee (中共中央直属机关工作委员会). In 2012, he gained a largely ceremonial post as the head of a legal affairs committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
He has been a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China since November 2002.
Meng was born in Penglai County, Shandong. Meng studied engineering at Beijing Normal University (1969–72) during the later stages of the Cultural Revolution before being assigned to Beijing's No.2 Motor Vehicle Plant. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in July 1972, rising through the ranks of the Beijing municipal Communist Youth League (CYL) and the car industry. In 1986 he was transferred to senior posts in the hospitality industry, briefly serving as General Manager of the Beijing Hotel group. He then spent four years (1991–1995) at the University of Science and Technology of China, alongside Qiang Wei, who had been a consistent colleague. After graduating with an MBA, he became a vice-mayor of Beijing in 1993.
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