Yu Youjun
Chinese politician
Yu Youjun (simplified Chinese: 于幼军; traditional Chinese: 于幼軍; pinyin: Yú Yòujūn; born January 1953) is a Chinese politician. Among other positions, he was once the Mayor of Shenzhen, Executive Vice-Governor of Hunan province, and Governor of Shanxi. He resigned as Shanxi governor in 2007 and then transferred to serve as Party Branch Secretary and Vice Minister of Culture.
In October 2008, Yu was unexpectedly removed from the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and his party membership was put on probation for two years, a disciplinary measure that is considered to be just short of expulsion. He eventually re-joined government as a deputy director of the Office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the State Council. He retired in 2015, and joined the faculty of his alma mater, Sun Yat-Sen University as a full-time professor.
Political career
A native of Feng County in Jiangsu, Yu holds a doctorate in philosophy. He joined the CCP in June 1976. Working in Guangdong province, he eventually served as the party secretaries of various districts in the city of Guangzhou. From 1994 to 2000, he was a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee and concurrently head of the provincial party organization's Publicity Department, holding a sub-provincial level office.
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