Du Shanxue (; born February 1956) is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. He successively served as the Mayor and Chinese Communist Party Secretary of

Changzhi Changzhi () is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the northeast and east, respectively. Historically, the city was one of the 36 administrative areas (see Adminis ...

, Party Secretary of

Lüliang Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west, Jinzhong and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east, Linfen to ...

, and Secretary General of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, and the province's Vice-Governor. Du was removed from office and investigated for corruption in June 2014 along with several of his colleagues, in a precursor to what amounted to a collapse of the political establishment in Shanxi in the face of the party's anti-corruption campaign under

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Life

Du was born and raised in Lingyi County, Shanxi, where he graduated from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics in 1982, after the resumption of university entrance examination, and received his

master of philosophy The Master of Philosophy (MPhil; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. In the United States, an MPhil typically includes a taught portion and a significant research portion, during which a thesis project is conducted under supervision. An MPhil ...

degree from

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in 2000. After graduation, he worked at the Shanxi Provincial Government. Du became involved in politics in June 1976 and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

(CCP) in March 1975. In February 2003, he was appointed the CCP Party Vice-Chief of

, a month later, he also served as the Mayor of Changzhi, he was promoted to become the CCP Party Chief in February 2008, a position he held until January 2011. Then he was transferred to

as the CCP Party Chief. In January 2012, Du was promoted to become the Secretary General of Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. One year later, he was elected by the 12th Shanxi People's Congress as the Vice-Governor of Shanxi.

Downfall

On June 19, 2014, Du was being investigated by the

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for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On February 13, 2015, Du was expelled from the CCP. His alleged crimes have also been transferred to prosecutors for further review. On August 30, 2016, he stood trial for taking bribes, offering bribes and huge amount of property with unknown sources at the Intermediate People's Court of Xuzhou in

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province. Du was sentenced to life sentence on December 20, 2016. He was also deprived of his political rights for life.

Personal life

Du married Hao Suzhen (), who was deputy party branch secretary and deputy director of Shanxi Provincial Audit Department, and was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office in August 2015 for taking bribes.

References

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