Shangguan Jiqing is a Chinese politician who spent his whole career in his home-province Shaanxi.
11 Facts About Shangguan Jiqing
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Shangguan Jiqing served as mayor of Xi'an between 2016 and 2018 but appeared to have been embroiled in a local scandal involving several other high-ranking officials.
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Shangguan Jiqing was demoted to an insignificant position and put under probation by the disciplinary organs of the Chinese Communist Party in late 2018.
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Shangguan Jiqing was born in March 1963 in Qian County, Shaanxi.
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Shangguan Jiqing joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1982.
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Shangguan Jiqing served as magistrate from August 1998 to October 1999, and Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the county, from October 1999 to December 2002.
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Shangguan Jiqing became the vice-mayor of Xianyang in April 2004 and served until November 2004.
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Shangguan Jiqing was deputy director of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance in November 2004, and held that office until August 2008.
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Shangguan Jiqing then served as Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the city, from 2013 to 2015.
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On October 29,2018, Shangguan Jiqing was placed on probation within the Communist Party.
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Shangguan Jiqing was removed from the Communist Party and government's websites on November 2,2018 without any official explanation.