Wang Yunkun
Chinese politician
Wang Yunkun (Chinese: 王云坤; born December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Jilin from 1995 to 1998, Party Secretary of Jilin from 1998 to 2006, and chairman of Jilin Provincial People's Congress from 1999 to 2008.
He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
Wang was born in Liyang County, Jiangsu, in December 1942, during the Republic of China. In 1961, he was accepted to Tianjin University, majoring in radio technology. After graduation in 1968, he was assigned to the Chemical Machinery Plant of Jilin Chemical Industry Company, and worked there for eleven years.
In July 1982, he became vice mayor of Jilin City, rising to mayor in March 1983. He was appointed head of Jilin Provincial Mechanical and Electronic Industry Department in January 1986, concurrently serving as director of Jilin National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Office. He was director of Jilin Provincial Economic System Reform Commission in January 1988 and then secretary-general of Jilin Provincial People's Government in May of that same year.
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